, Sept. 28 -- A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was found dead with his hands and legs tied, four hours after being "abducted" in Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar early Monday.

The deceased was identified as Isfatul Islam Jisan, 28, senior joint convener of Kakara union unit of JCD and son of Nazem Uddin of South Lotoni area of the upazila.

Police recovered Jisan's bloodstained body from the Khutakhali-Kachhapia Dhala area on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway, said Ismail Hossain, operations officer of Chakaria Police Station.

Quoting family members, police said a group of assailants forcibly picked up Jisan and put him in a microbus while he was standing in front of a shop in Kakarara Saber Sadar area around 12:30am before ...