Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from Talpukurpar in Cumilla city on Tuesday morning.
Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Model Police Station Touhidul Anwar said a team from Kandirpar Police Outpost went to the spot after receiving information in the morning and recovered the body around 8am.
The youth's identity could not be immediately confirmed, and the body to the morgue of Cumilla Medical College Hospital for autopsy, he said.
Some local residents claimed that the man was mentally unstable.
However, police said the matter would be confirmed after investigation.