IFD investigating body found in pond on city’s northeast side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — This story has been updated to include the name of the deceased.

Indianapolis Fire Department officials are investigating a death on the city’s northeast side.

Around 4 p.m. Friday, firefighters with the Indianapolis Fire Department and officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched to the 8400 block of Whipporwill Drive on a report of a water dive rescue. That is a residential area on the city’s northeast side.

Investigators told News 8 that they recovered a body from the pond.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the person found in the pond as 43-year-old Salahuddin Nasir. A cause and manner of death were not provided.