Police have recovered the body of a union worker from Nachol upazila social service office in Chapainawabganj.

The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain, 33, of the upazila.

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Unable to contact Shamim, one of his friends came to his office and found his body hanging with a rope from the window grill around 9pm on Wednesday, said Mintu Rahman, officer-in-charge of Nachol police station.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to the Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy, said the OC.

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Police suspect that Shamim committed suicide as there were no injury marks in the body. "However, we are waiting for the autopsy report,” he added.