Police recovered the body of a SSC candidate on Saturday afternoon from her house at Sarishabari upazila in Jamalpur district.
The incident happened at Majalia village under Doail union of the upazila in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Sadia Akhter,19, daughter of Saiful Islam, a resident of the village.
According to family members, Sadia and one Raihan, a resident of Konabari village under the municipality, got married on April 27. After few days, Sadia came back to her house to participate in her SSC exam. On Friday afternoon, Raihan along with his family members went to Sadia's house to visit. After finishing their dinner, the couple went there room in the night but early on Saturday morning, Raihan started shouting for help.
Family members rushed there and saw the body was fell down on the floor with a scarf tied on her neck.
Sarishabari Police Station officer-in-charge Muhammad Mohabbat Kabir said being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to a hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Police also detained the victim's husband for interrogation, the OC added.
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