BNP man found dead

Police recovered the body of a local BNP leader from a roadside cropland in Gopalpur upazila of the district yesterday.

The deceased, Haji Abdul Aziz, 65, a resident of Nogda Shimla village, was vice-president of BNP's ward No 4 unit, said Tangail district BNP President Shamsul Alam Tofa.

The BNP leader was murdered, he alleged.

Local people spotted Aziz's body lying in a cropland beside a village road in the morning and informed police, Officer in Charge (OC) of Gopalpur Police Station Hasan Al Mamun said, adding that they recovered the body and sent it to a hospital for autopsy.

No marks of injuries were found on the deceased's body, the OC said.

Quoting deceased's family members, the OC said Aziz went out of his house for offering the Esha prayers at a nearby mosque on Saturday evening and went missing afterwards.

This correspondent could not verify the matter independently.