The police are unsure about who killed the young man

File photo of a portion of the Bangladesh-India border fence Dhaka Tribune

The police recovered the body of a young man with four gunshot wounds from the border area near Sahapur Kamarpara under Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur early on Wednesday.

The deceased was Manjurul Islam, son of Mojibor Rahman from Patharipara in the upazila.

Lt Col Alamgir Kabir, commanding officer of BGB-29 Battalion, said locals had spotted Manjurul's body along the Bangladesh-India border and informed the police.

On receiving the information, police rushed to the spot and sent the body to Dinajpur's M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital.

The body had four gunshot wounds in the back, said Chirirbandar police station OC Bazlur Rashid. However, it was still not clear who had killed the young man, he added.