A 50-year-old local union parishad member was found dead in a house in Mashpur of Natore's Lalpur upazila on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Motiur Rahman Moti, member of ward No 5 of the upazila's Duaria union.
Fazlur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Lalpur police station, said Motiur's body was found on the premises of the house of Shahida Begum, a former UP member.
Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to the local hospital morgue for autopsy. "The reason behind his death will be clear after the post-mortem examination," the OC said.
Kiton Kumar Saha, superintendent of Natore police, later visited the spot.
