The body of a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League, was recovered on Tuesday from the Narsunda River in Kishoreganj, some 25 days after he went missing.

The deceased was identified as Mokhles Uddin Bhuiya, vice-president of Kewarjur Union unit of BCL under Mithamain Upazila of the upazila and son of Mokbul Hossain, who reportedly died of cardiac arrest after hearing the missing news, of Phulpur village under Kewarjur Union.

Ashraf Ali, elder brother of the victim, said that his younger brother had been missing since March 29 after he came out of his rented house in upazila sadar around 9pm.

Later, he filed a case against six identified people with the concerned police station on April 16.

After scrutinising CCTV footage, police could identify four people and round them up from Habiganj’s Shaistaganj upazila subsequently.

The arrestees are Sheful Sheikh and his three sons- Mizan Sheikh, Marjan Sheikh and Raihan Sheikh, residents of the same union.

During the preliminary interrogation, the arrestees admitted that they dumped the body into the river after killing him.

Information gleaned from the arrestees, divers with the help of police started salvation work on Monday morning and could fish out the body on Tuesday.

Al-Amin Hussain, additional superintendent of police (Crime and Operations) of Kishoreganj, confirmed the matter saying that dives were on to arrest the rest other involved with the murder.