A woman was found dead, with her hands and legs tied up, at her own residence at Jhautala in the city on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Rozy Akter, 20, wife of Rezaul Karim of Sitakunda upazila.
Pranab Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Khulshi Police Station, said Rozy along with her husband used to live at the rented house of one Abul Kashem in Diesel Colony area adjacent to the house of her sister. The couple worked at Port City International University.
Rozy’s sister found her dead at her house in the morning and informed police. Rozy’s husband went into hiding.
Police recovered the body and sent it to local hospital morgue for autopsy.
The body bore several injury marks, said police.