Body recovered
Police recovered the body of Ansar Ali, associate of a slain union parishad (UP) chairman in the district, from Kathuli char area in Pabna yesterday afternoon. On Tuesday, criminals shot dead Nurul Islam, 48, chairman of Ambaria UP in Khoksa upazila, and his two associates Ansar, 43, and Bhutto, 25, of Domdom. The shooting took place on a motorboat in the Padma River when the victims were returning from Pabna at around 2:35pm. The gunmen then threw the bodies into the river. Horendranath Sarkar, officer in-charge at Khoksa police station, said fishermen found Ansar's body in the area and informed police. Earlier on Wednesday, the law enforcers arrested four people in Ambaria area of the upazila in connection with the killing of the trio. Deputy inspector general (DIG) of Mezbah Uddin Ahmed said police were raiding different areas to arrest the killers.
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