An unidentified man's dismembered body was recovered from the side of a railway track at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday.
Police recovered the body on Saturday afternoon from Hossenpur area under Bhatera union of the upazila.
Confirming the recovery, Bhatera UP chairman Sayed AKM Nazrul Islam said the man might have killed after being crushed under the wheels of a train.
However, the identities of the deceased could not be know immediately, he said.
After discovering the body, locals informed railway police and eventually Sylhet Railway Police personnel reached the spot and recovered the body, he added.