A 66-year-old woman was hacked to death allegedly by miscreants in Sonar Potty-Haribasor Mondir Morr area of the district town on Friday noon, said police.
Law enforcers, however, detained the victim’s drug addicted son identified as Nishit Kumar Kundu, 31, in this connection.
The deceased is identified as Josna Kundu, wife of Hari Kundu of the same area.
Mohammad Nure Alam, Superintendent of Police (SP) of the district, said the victim along with her son used to live at their own house in the Mandir area.
Being informed by neighbours, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body from the house around 12.30pm and sent it to Joypurhat Ahdunik Zilla Hospital morgue for autopsy, the SP said adding that her son was found in a drunken condition at the house.
“In the preliminary observation it seems that the woman has been hacked to death with sharp weapons,” he suspected.
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The reason for the death will be known following the autopsy, he said adding that the victim’s son has been being quizzed in this connection as he is known to be a drug addict.
Several teams from Criminal Investigation Department and Detective Branch have already inspected the spot and collected samples in this connection, the SP added.