Police recovered the body of an unidentified female in a wheelchair in the capital's Badda area.
The identity of the 55-year old female could not be known till Tuesday evening, said Sub-Inspector (SI) Saiful Islam of Badda Police Station.
The body was found with her head tilted down in the wheelchair on the street in front of house no- 49, Road 11, Merul Badda DIT Project, on Monday evening, he said.
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After the legal process, the body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital Morgue for autopsy on Tuesday morning.
The body has been wearing a black and white printed dress (maxi) and marks of old wounds were found in different parts of her body.
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It was learned that she used to beg sitting in the wheelchair. The exact cause of death would be known after the autopsy, SI Saiful added.