A farmer reportedly died after being electrocuted in a rat trap at Gazinagar village in Bagali union of Koyra upazila on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Khokon Morol, 45, son of Ismail Morol of the upazila.
Locals found the body in a paddy field of Raja Badshah, son of Rafiqul Gazi on Thursday morning and informed the police.
Read: Youth dies after falling off train in Ctg
According to the locals, Rafiqul Gazi set a trap with an electric wire to protect his paddy field from the rats menace.
On Wednesday night, when Khokon Moral landed in the paddy field, he was struck by an electric wire and died.
On information, police recovered the body, said Ibrahim Hossain, sub-inspector of Amadi police camp.