Abducted JSS leader found dead in Bandarban

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Police have recovered the body of a Jana Sanghati Samiti (JSS) leader from a hilly area near Krao Amtalipara in Bandarban district 15 hours after his abduction, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Pu Shoi Thoai, 32, general secretary of Sadar upazila committee of JSS.

Police said locals spotted Pu Shoi's body which was concealed in a ditch near Krao Amtalipara on the Bandarban-Chandraghona road on Monday morning.

On information, police went to the spot and recovered the body after digging soil at around 10:00am. On Sunday, a group of armed terrorists abducted Pu Shoi Thoai Marma from his home in Dolupara around 6:30pm.

Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bandarban police station, said the body was sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy. The matter is under investigation.