A 20-year-old youth was found dead in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah district on Wednesday.

The deceased was identified as Riad Khan, 20, son of Solaiman Amin of Bagdanga village. Riad used to work at a rice mill.

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Local people spotted the body of Riad in the afternoon and alerted cops, said Moinuddin, officer-in-charge of Kotchandpur Police Station.

"The body bore several injury marks. We suspect he was stabbed to death by miscreants on Tuesday night," he added.

The body was sent to the local hospital morgue for an autopsy.