Police recovered the body of a schoolboy with his throat slashed from a field in Monirampur upazila of Jashore.
The victim was identified as Shimul Hossain, 16, an SSC candidate from Kashimpur High School and son of Rafiqul Islam of Sarkati village.
Deceased's mother Poly Begum said Shimul and some of his friends enjoyed a picnic party at Kashimpur High School ground on Monday and returned home in the evening.
He was watching television when someone called him over mobile phone at around 9:00pm and he went out again, this time never to return.
On Tuesday, at around 10:00am, local people found his body in the crop field and informed police, reports UNB.
Policemen then recovered the throat-slit body and sent it to Jessore General Hospital for autopsy, said Md Saidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Monirampur Police Station.