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Police recovered the body of a 45-year-old man with his hands and feet tied in a hilly area of Lama upazila in Bandarban on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Md Chagir, son of Nur Hossain of East Shiler Tua Chamaichhari area in Rupshipara union.
Local jhum farmers spotted the body while going to work in their fields in the Hatirjhiri area of Ward 6 in Rupshipara union around Sunday morning and informed local residents.
On receiving the information, police from Lama Police Station recovered the body from the scene.
Acting Rupshipara Union Parishad Chairman Shah Alam confirmed the recovery and said the victim’s relatives had identified the body.
Police reached the scene around 11:30am and conducted an initial examination of the body.
Lama Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Kaisar Hamid said the circumstances behind the killing were not immediately known.
“The incident appears to be a murder at this stage,” he said, adding that the body would be sent to Bandarban District Sadar Hospital for autopsy after the initial inquest.