The police said, the body was found floating in the river Mahananda on Tuesday. (Representational)
The body of the headmaster of a higher secondary school in Malda district missing since Sunday was found floating in the river Mahananda on Tuesday, the police said.
The body was identified as that of Subrata Sukul, 44, Headmaster of Malda Railway Higher Secondary School by his family, the police said.
The body has been sent for postmortem examination to find the cause of death, they said.
Mr Sukul was missing since Sunday and his family had lodged a missing complaint with the police.