Two suspects held
The young man was identified as Priti Ranjan Sarker Sumon, 22, son of Kartik Chandra Sarkar of Patchpakhia village under Naldanga thana of Natore district.
Police arrested Komol Kumar, an HSC student of Rajshahi New Degree College and Abdul Hamid, a fine arts student of Rajshahi University.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Police also picked up the house owner's son Mintu and five other students of Rajshahi College for interrogation. Police also recovered Sumon's identity card, clothings and blood stained bed sheets from the house.
With hands and legs tied behind, Sumon's body was found at an abandoned corner in front of Yunus Ali Memorial School.
Aslam Iqbal, officer-in-charge (OC) of Boalia Police Station, said that the inquest report suggests the youth was strangled to death.