Police have recovered the body of a union parishad member in Manikganj’s Saturia on Thursday, a day after he went missing.
The deceased was identified as Farhad Hossain, 50, a member of ward six of Baraid Union Parishad (UP).
According to Saturia police and local sources, Farhad never returned after he went out on Wednesday afternoon. His family began searching for him around 10pm.
However, Farhad’s body was spotted by locals near his neighbour's house in Patilapara village of the union around 8am.
Saturia Police OC Muhammad Ashraful Alam said that preliminary investigation revealed Farhad was killed by suffocation but the cause of his death can be ascertained after an autopsy.
Necessary legal action will be taken after investigating said OC Ashraful.