A woman was tortured to death allegedly by her husband at the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) area of Chattogram city on Friday.

The victim was identified as Shirin Akhter, 35, wife of Ajgor Ali, of Dhawa Union of Bhandaria upazila in Pirojpur district.

Quoting local people, police said the couple used to fight over family matters since their marriage.

On Friday morning, neighbours found Shirin's body and informed police, officer-in-charge (OC) of EPZ Police Station, Md Nurul Bashar, said.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy, said the OC.

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Several injury marks were found on the body, said the OC, adding that legal action will be taken against the accused.

Ajgor Ali went into hiding right after the incident.