Police recovered the body of a gold trader from Nandiura village in Rajnagar upazila of the district on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Jhalak Deb, 25, son of Robindra Deb, a resident of the village.
Family sources said Jhalak returned home from his jewellery shop in Badaghat area of Sylhet and was sleeping in his bedroom on Sunday night.
The house inmates found his body hanging from a jackfruit tree early Tuesday and informed police who later recovered the body and sent it to Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital for an autopsy.
M Ziaur Rahman, sub-inspector of Rajnagar Police Station, confirmed the matter.
Meanwhile, police recovered the throat-slit body of a man from a paddy field at Dharampara in Kumarkhali upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Atiar Laskor, 35, son of Motleb Laskor of South Bhabanipur village of the upazila.
Locals spotted the body in the field at about 10.00am and informed police.
Police recovered the body and sent it to Kushtia General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Ram Prasad Dutta, officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali Police Station, said Atiar had gone out of his house on Tuesday at about 8.00pm and since then remained traceless.
The reason behind the murder could not be known immediately, the OC added.
A case was filed in this connection.
