The burnt and decomposing body of an unidentified young woman was recovered from a garbage dump at Bhanga Press in the city’s Jatrabari area on Thursday night.
Informed by a local garbage collector named Shafiq, police recovered the body around 11:30 pm, said Mazahar, Officer-in-Charge of Jatrabari police station.
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The body is believed to be 4 to 10 days old and the woman was aged 25 to 30 years, said the OC.
The OC said primarily they are suspecting the woman was burnt after murder and later was dumped in a garbage carrying truck.
"Investigation is underway to identify the body and the cause of death,” said OC Mazahar.