Police recovered the throat- silt body of a man under a bridge in Bhatiary area in Sitakunda upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 40, son of Suklal Pramanik of Kusumdi Anandanagar village of atore district. He used to live in a rented house in Bhatiary Collegepara area with family.
Locals spotted the body under the bridge adjacent to Bangladesh Military Academy around 7am and informed police.
Later police recovered the body, said FirozMollah, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Model Police Station.
Victim’s wife Umme Salma said that Rafiqul went out of the house with Tk 20,000 for buying a water pump on Tuesday night and did not return home.