Police on Monday recovered the decomposed body of a teenager, who went missing eight days ago, buried in a pile of sand in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur.
The deceased was identified as Arman Hossain (15) of Hajiganj municipality.
Locals found the body under a pile of sand on the side of the road at Doalia village in Hajiganj Sadar union on Monday afternoon.
Later, a team led by Additional Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kumar Dey, including Hajiganj Police Station OC Abdur Rashid, went to the spot and recovered the body.
Arman went missing with his battery-run autorickshaw on October 30. Later, his family filed a general diary at Hajiganj Police Station in this regard, said OC Abdur Rashid.
“It is being investigated who buried the boy's body under the sand,” he said.
The body will be sent to the morgue for an autopsy on Tuesday morning, said the police official.