
Police recovered the body of a ward unit Awami League leader from a drain at a guava orchard under Nachol upazila in Chapainawabganj on Friday.
The deceased is Kamrul Islam, 42, son of late Hossain Ali of Suryapur village in the upazila. He was the president of ward-2 unit AL under Nachol Union.
Monirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Nachol police station, told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· that locals
first spotted the body at the drain in Hakrol Santalpara area at 9:00am and informed police.
‘While recovering the body, we have found blood coming out from the forehead, which suggests that the AL leader might have slipped and died while walking on the drain at some point early Friday,’ he added.
The police official said that they had sent the body to Chapainawabganj 250-bedded district hospital for autopsy.
The cause of the death would be known after the autopsy, OC Monirul added.