A former Jubo Dal leader, who had been missing for three days, was found dead in Ghatail upazila of Tangail on Wednesday night, police said.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Mintu Khan, 47, former organising secretary of the Sangrampur union unit of Jubo Dal. He was the son of late Abdul Majid Master, former senior vice-president of the upazila BNP unit.
Officer-in-Charge of Ghatail Police Station Moksedur Rahman said the body was recovered from Maicha Beel following a police operation.
According to police, Mintu Khan went missing from Chamri Bazar in the upazila around 9:30pm on May 31. A general diary was filed at Ghatail Police Station on 1 June over the incident.
Subsequently, police arrested one Sohel Rana in connection with the case. Based on his interrogation, four more individuals were detained later.
Acting on information provided by the arrestees, police conducted a drive at Maicha Beel near Manpura Bridge on Wednesday night and recovered the body of Mintu Khan, the OC said.
Further legal procedures are underway, police added.
