Police on Saturday night recovered the body of a local Jatiya Party (JP) leader from his house at Ghatiarpara village in Panchagarh sadar upazila.
The deceased was Golam Azam, 52, general secretary of Panchagarh unit JP and also a businessman.
Golam Azam’s daughter Pinky found his body lying in a pool of blood in the bedroom with severe wounds in the head.
The family members immediately informed the matter to police.
Police recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Police said it might be a preplanned murder.
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Panchagarh Additional Superintendent of Police SM Shafiqul Islam said after seeing the wound marks it is being suspected that Azam was killed long before his body was found.
Special teams from PBI and CID have arrived.
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They are examining the crime scene and questioning the family members and neighbours, he said.