The body of a 28-year-old tea worker was reportedly recovered from an orchard in northeast Bangladesh on the eve of elections, police said on Wednesday.
A Bangladeshi tea worker was found dead with his hands and feet tied near Dhaka (Representative photo/AFP)Deceased Ratan Shubokar is a worker of Champara tea garden in Islampur union of Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar, about 190 km from the capital Dhaka. Daily Star, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kamalganj police station Md. Abdul Awal.
Locals found the body inside the tea garden around 10 am and informed the authorities. Police reached the spot and found his hands and feet tied.
The search for the family was going on since nightResidents said the body had visible trauma and was bloody when discovered. A laborer at the garden, requesting anonymity, told The Daily Star that Ratan may have been killed elsewhere and the body dumped in the garden later.
Laxman Kar, the elder brother of the deceased, said that the family had been looking for him since the previous night.
“This morning, we were informed that his body was lying in the garden. We went there and identified him. We do not know why he was killed,” the report added.
Speculation on electoral linksWith polling scheduled for the next day, some locals speculated about possible links to the election. However, the police said, no evidence has been found so far to indicate any such link.
OC Abdul Awal said that the body has been sent to Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital for post-mortem and investigation is underway to identify those responsible.
