Police have recovered the body of a woman with her throat slit at a rented house in Mirhazirbagh area in the capital.
The deceased is Lucky Akter,17, of Ratanpur village under Sadar Thana in Bhola district.
Lucky had been living with her husband at a rented house at Mirhazaribagh under Shyampur police station.
Her husband, Sajeeb, is currently on the run.
The body was recovered around 4:30 pm on Tuesday from a tin-shed house and later sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for autopsy, said sub-Inspector Md. Shahadat Hossain of Shyampur Police Station.
Police suspect that Sajeeb killed his wife and fled the spot, leaving the body in the house.