Joypurhat: A minor boy was found dead at Munshipara in Kalai municipality of Joypurhat early on Saturday, a day after he had gone missing.

Nuruzzaman Chowdhury, officer‐in‐charge of Kalai Police Station, said Shuvo Rahman, around 7 years old, son of Abdul Gafur of the area, went missing on Friday morning after he had gone out for playing.

His father then filed a general diary with the police station in this connection.

Local people spotted Shuvo’s body on Saturday morning and informed police, who recovered it and sent to Joypurhat Modern Hospital.

Shuvo is believed to have been strangulated to death.