Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Police in Bandarban have recovered the body of a suspected member of the Kuki-Chin National Front after what they said was a gunfight between the separatist group and Bangladesh's security forces.

Alamgir Hossain, chief of Ruma Police Station, said they recovered the body from a roadside ditch near Munnuyam village under Paindu Union on Sunday morning. He could not immediately confirm the identity of the dead.

According to Alamgir, the police were alerted about a gunfight earlier on Sunday between an army contingent and some members of the armed group KNF, also known as the Bawm Party. "The suspected KNF member may have been killed during the gunfight."

KNF emerged in the Chattogram Hill Tracts last year. Bangladesh's...