AL leader's throat-slit body found in Bogura

BOGURA, Nov 17 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a local Awami League (AL) leader with the throat slit from a paddy field at Kanchanpur village of Adamdighi upazila on Saturday.

The deceased was identified as Nazrul Islam, 55, publicity secretary of Chapapur Union Awami League Unit and son of Sakhin Ali of Mandirpur village in the upazila.

Quoting family members, police said Nazrul had gone to Chapapur Market in the area on Friday evening, but did not return home since then. Later, locals spotted Nazrul's body in a paddy filed around 11 am and informed it to police.

On information, police recovered the body from the place and sent it to Bogura Sadar Hospital' morgue for an autopsy, said Monirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Adamdighi Police Station.