Police recovered slit-throat body of an unidentified youth in Tongabari area of Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, this morning.

The identity of the deceased, aged around 30, could not be known immediately, our Savar correspondent reports quoting police.

Locals spotted the body beside a road and informed police, said Mohshinul Kadir, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station.

Later, police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College for autopsy, he added.

A murder case was filed with Ashulia Police Station in this connection.

“Primarily we suspect that it might be a planned murder,” said the OC.