Woman found murdered at home

Police recovered a throat-slit body of a woman from her residence in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on Saturday night.

The deceased was identified as Rahima Khatun, 38, wife of Billal Hossain, a quilt and mattress trader of Gangatia Madhyapara area.

Quoting locals, Bhaluka Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Jahidul Islam said Rahima put her two children to bed after dinner on Saturday and went to sleep in her room, leaving the door unlocked as her husband usually returned home late.

“Around 10:00pm, unidentified assailants entered the house and killed her by slitting her throat with a sharp weapon,” the OC said.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Additional Superintendent of Police Abdullah Al Mamun said, “Those responsible will be brought to justice.”

No case was filed till last evening.