Police recovered the body of a cattle trader from Gouripur village in Tala upazila yesterday morning.
The deceased was identified as Abu Bakkar Siddik Jony, 35, son of Kazi Abdur Rahman, a resident of the village.
Family members said Jony had gone out of the house following a phone call around 10.30pm on Friday.
Locals spotted his body lying in a jute field at the village in the morning and informed police, said Tariqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Patkelghata Police Station. Later police recovered the body.
He might have been killed through strangulation as a napkin was found tied to his throat, added the OC.