Police on Monday recovered the body of a youth from an under-construction building at Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha district.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Gobindaganj Police Station officer in-charge Izar Uddin said locals spotted the body at the building near the Gobindaganj-Dinajpur road in Katamore area this morning and informed police.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Gaibandha Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
OC Izar initially assumed that the youth might have been strangled to death.
He said they found a purse with the body along with a photo where "Sajib Miah" is written below it.
Police are working to identify details about the deceased and also the death, the OC added.