Unidentified miscreants chopped a young man to death at Laxminathpur village in Pabna Sadar upazila in the early hours of yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Arifuzzaman alias Abu Hanif, 25, son of Abu Sama.
Police recovered the body from the spot yesterday morning and sent it to Pabna General Hospital Morgue for autopsy.
Quoting locals and family sources police said Arif received a call at his cellphone on Thursday night and went outside. Since then he had been missing.
Locals found his body at a garden adjacent to his residence yesterday morning.
Police suspect he was murdered over past enmity.