Police recovered the slaughtered body of a local trader from Rikabibazar area of the district town on Sunday.
The dead was identified as–Akhter Hossain Rahul, 38.
Metropolitan police (Kotwali zone) assistant commissioner Sazzadul Alam said, police recovered the body from a drain around 12:30pm.
Police seized the bike of Rahul from the spot.
The reason behind the killing could not be known, police said.
The body was sent to Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue.