Cumilla: Police recovered the body of a schoolboy at Barkamta village in Debidwar upazila on Wednesday, reports the UNB.

The deceased was identified as Joy Chandra Ghosh, 15, a Class VII student of Chandina Pilot High School and son of Amar Chandra Ghosh of Nabiabad village in the upazila.

Zahirul Anwar, officer-in-charge of Debidwar Police Station, said locals found an arm of a human dumped under the soil near ‘Kali Temple’ in the village.

Later, they informed it to police, who recovered the body and sent it to Comilla Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

Joy had remained missing since January 14 and a general diary was lodged with Debidwar Police Station.