India, Feb. 12 -- The body of a 28-year-old tea worker was reportedly recovered from a garden in northeastern Bangladesh on the eve of the election, police said on Wednesday.

The deceased was identified as Ratan Shuvo Kar, a worker at Champara Tea Garden under Islampur union in Moulvibazar's Kamalganj upazila, about 190 km from the capital Dhaka, reported Bangladesh daily The Daily Star, Kamalganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Awal.

Locals found the body around 10am inside the tea garden and alerted authorities. When police reached the spot, they found that his hands and feet were tied.

Residents said the body bore visible injury marks and was bloodied when discovered. A worker at the garden, requesting anonymity told The...