Tanti League leader found dead

A local leader of Tanti League, a pro-Awami League body, was found dead hours after he went out of his house in Morrelganj upazila of Friday night.

The victim, Khalilur Rahman Sheikh, 50, former general secretary of Tanti League, Morrelganj municipality unit, was son of late Shamsu Sheikh of Harindhara village in the upazila.

Deceased's son Rubel Sheikh, 22, said his father went out of the house after talking with an unknown caller around 7:00pm.

After finding Khalil's mobile phone off, family members started searching for him and finally found his body lying on a road, about a kilometre from his house, Rubel said, adding that criminals might have killed his father over political enmity as the body was found in wet clothes.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital for autopsy, Officer in Charge (OC) of Morrelganj Police Station Azizul Islam said, adding that they were yet to be confirmed whether it was a murder.

The cause of the death will be known after getting the autopsy report as no injury marks were found on the deceased's body, the OC added.