Indigenous man found dead

Police recovered the beheaded body of an indigenous man from Rubber garden in Matiranga upazila of the district yesterday.

The deceased is Kartik Chandra Tripura, 55, of Lambachhara village.

Local people spotted Kartik's body near a hill at the village and informed the police who sent the body to Khagrachhari Adhunik Sadar Hospital for autopsy.

Officer-in-Charge Shahadat Hossain of Matiranga Police Station said the reason behind the murder could not be ascertained immediately.