Jumbangla Desk: The police recovered the hanging body of Sukumar Das (80), a servant of Loknath temple in Madhya Mahmudabad village of Barbakunda union in Sitakunda.

On Monday (October 14) around 11 o'clock, the body was recovered and sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

The police could not confirm whether the incident was murder or suicide. The deceased Sukumar Das lived in a house in that area. He has four sons and four daughters. He served the Loknath temple he founded.

According to the police and local sources, in the morning, locals saw Sukumar Das hanging on a rope from an amlaki tree near the house of Madhya Mahmudabad village. When they informed the family members rushed. The police was informed around 9 am. The police recovered the body after receiving information.

Sukumar Das's eldest son Jhantu Das said, 'My father cannot commit suicide. He was killed and hanged from a tree. As his body was attached to the ground, no one can commit suicide by hanging on a rope. For this reason, looking at the condition of the body, I think that the father was killed and hanged.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sitakunda Police Station. Mojibur Rahman said, 'Sukumar Das' body was recovered from the hanging state after receiving the news. Initially, I prepared a report on the condition of the body. The body has been sent to the morgue for post-mortem to ascertain whether the incident was murder or suicide. But after talking to the local people, the matter seemed mysterious.'