The body of an employee of a rice wholesale depot was recovered from his workplace in Jashore Sadar upazila on early Monday.

The deceased was identified as Bayezid Hasan, 28, son of Nazrul Islam of village Banargati in Khulna city. He was an employee of the rice depot owned by Jashore city unit BNP’s president Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury Malluk Chand.

Kotwali police station officer-in-charge Abdur Razzaque said Bayezid allegedly stole Tk 5 lakhs from the rice depot few days back.

He might have been beaten and strangled to death over the issue, he said.

Being informed, a police team rushed to the spot and recovered the body at about 3:00am, the OC said, adding that the body was sent to Jashore Sadar Hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations.

The night guard of the wholesale depot was arrested in this connection.

A case would be filed in this connection, he added.