A local leader of Awami League was found dead at Bahimali village in Majhgaon union of Baraigram upazila yesterday.
Munshi Sahabuddin, additional superintendent of police, said Abu Raihan Mollah,45, information and education secretary of the Majhgaon union unit of Awami League used to live at his father-in-law’ s house for long.
Locals found the of Raihan hanging from a mango tree in the morning and informed the police.
The body bore several injury marks while the legs were found tied up, said police.
However, the reason behind the incident could not be known immediately.
Police suspected that miscreants might have killed him at some time in the night and hanged the body.