Police recovered the bodies of two local BNP activists from Battali area of Sadar upazila
of the district on Tuesday morning.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Mannan, son of Khalilur Rahman of Uttar Jamtali
village of Sadar upazila, and Johirul Islam, son of M Mohsin Khokon of Spatarampur
village of Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali district.
Locals spotted the bodies near a canal of the area in the morning and informed police.
Police recovered the bodies at about 8:00am and sent those to hospital morgue for
autopsy, said Iqbal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.
Upazila unit BNP president Main Uddin Chowdhury Riaz claimed the two victims—
Mannan and Johirul—to be their party activists.
The reason behind the death could not be known immediately.
However, locals said the duo had remained missing since after a Rab crackdown in
Jamirtali area of Sadar upazila on Sunday night. -UNB, Laxmipur
