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Farmer found dead

Our Correspondent, Rangpur
Police recovered the body of a farmer from a paddy field near Sayestapur Bazar in Pirganj upazila yesterday morning. The dead was identified as Ashu Mia, 35, son of former union parishad member Fazo Mia of Soyekpur village. Hasan Shamim Iqbal, officer in-charge of Pirganj Police Station, said criminals killed Ashu when he was returning home from Dhaperhat area of Gaibandha on Friday night. Locals found Ashu's body in the field and informed the police who recovered the body and sent it to Rangpur Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC added. Victim's father said the gang killed his son as a sequel to a previous enmity.