Dhaka, April 11 -- Police have recovered the bodies of three young men who allegedly died after consuming spurious liquor on Eid-ul-Fitr day at Manda in Naogaon.

Another man named Muktar Hossain, a friend of the dead, also reportedly consumed the bootleg liquor with them in a field of Bilurail village on Thursday evening.

He fled after the incident while police took custody of the bodies at Manda Upazila Health Complex around 8pm, said Mozammel Haque, chief of the local police station.

The bodies will be taken to Naogaon Sadar Hospital for an autopsy to determine what caused the deaths while police initiate a legal proceeding over the incident, Mozammel said.

The dead men have been identified as Shariqul Islam Pintu, 22, Ashique Hossa...