An unidentified man was found dead near Thengamara Rail Gate in Bagatipara upazila of Natore district on Thursday.
Local people spotted the body of the 40-year-old man near pillar no 229 of the rail gate and informed police who recovered the body from the area in the morning, said Muktar Hossain, in-charge of Santahar Government Railway Police Station.
It is suspected that the man might have died after being hit by a running train, he said.
The body was sent to the local hospital morgue.