Police recovered the throat-slit body of a village doctor from Kanojgari village Charghat upazila of Rajshahi on Friday night.

The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 60, a village doctor of Kanojgari village.

Around 9 pm,  Mannan went to the banana orchard next to the house but did not return for a long time.

As he did not not return for a long time, the victim's family members went to the orchard and found him dead and informed police.

Some injury marks were found on his body.

On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body, said Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Charghat Model Police Station.

The body has been sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC added.