Magura: Police recovered the body of a young man from a bamboo cluster in Digha union of Mohammadpur upazila in Magura on Wednesday.

The deceased is Majedul Sheikh, of the upazila.

Local people said Towhid Khan, a resident of Shirgram village of the union, spotted a hand of the body peeping out from underground when he went there for cutting bamboo at about 4:00pm, said Shakhawat Hossain, said the Mohammadpur.

Police went to the spot.

They recovered the body, found to be slaughtered, from underground.

The law enforcers also recovered a mobile phone set, a blood-stained stick and a t-shirt from the spot.

Deceased’s brother Sajedul Sheikh said Majedul had remained missing since Monday night when he went out of the house for catching fish.

A case was filed in this connection.

Police also arrested Mamun Khan, a resident of the village in this connection.