The body of a housewife was recovered from her house in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Aklima Akter, a garment worker and wife of Adnan Islam of Muktagacha upazila in Mymensingh.
The couple used to live in a rented house in Abdar area of Sreepur.
Quoting locals, police said neighbours heard the sound of crying of the couple’s minor child from the house for a long time in the morning.
Getting no response from the house despite repeated calls, the neighbors entered the house and found the body lying inside it, police said.
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Officer-in-charge of Sreepur police station Mohammad Abdul Barik said being informed the recovered the body and sent it to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
The body bore marks of injuries on forehead and face, he said.
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The husband fled following the suspected murder, he said.
Legal action will be taken in this regard, he added.