The body of a local Jobo Dal leader was recovered from a bus counter in Magura town early Wednesday.
The body of Md Saker Hossain, senior joint convener of Magura municipality Jubo Dal, was recovered from Royal Express counter at Magura bus terminal around 6am, said Officer-in-Charge of Magura sadar Police Station Abdullah Al Mamun.
Saker, son of the late Qutub Uddin of Beparipara in Parnanduali area of Magura town, also worked as a counter manager at the Royal Express counter.
Locals said people found Saker lying at the counter early Wednesday and took him to Magura 250-bed Hospital, where the on-duty emergency department physician declared him dead.
A hole-like mark was found at the back of his head, police said.
Dr Mainul Hasan of the hospital's emergency department said Saker had died before being brought to the hospital.
His body has been kept in the hospital's morgue, and the actual cause of death will be known after an autopsy, he added.
Meanwhile, Saker's relatives and locals claimed that he had been deliberately shot dead.
However, no conclusive information has yet emerged to substantiate the claim.
Magura Superintendent of Police Molla Azad Hossain said the body was recovered on Wednesday morning and a mark was found at the back of his head.
"It cannot be confirmed at this stage whether he was shot dead. Details will be known after receiving the autopsy report," he said.