Police recovered the hanging bodies of a woman and her minor daughter from their house in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday morning.
The deceased were Synthia Akter, 24, and her three and a half year old daughter, of Jamirdiya Masterbari Dakshinpara area of the upazila.
Synthia used to live with her husband Jahid Hossain, a readymade garment (RMG) worker, and the daughter at a rented house in the area.
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Quoting locals, Bhaluka Model Police Station’s Officer-in-charge (OC) Kamal Hossain said Synthia and her daughter didn’t come out of their house on Tuesday morning.
Getting no response from the house despite repeated calls, locals informed police around 10am, he said.
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Later, they recovered the bodies hanging from the ceiling fan with a rope, the OC said adding the bodies were sent to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
The police officer said husband Jahid was not at the house on Monday night and he is now on the run.
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