A group of miscreants allegedly slaughtered a woman by entering her house at Palash upazila in Narsingdi district on Tuesday.
The incident happened around 7:00 pm at Chandragardi village in the upazila.
The victim was Delwara Begum, 50, wife of late Malek Dewan, a resident of the village.
According to locals, neighbours spotted the throat-slit body inside the house in the evening and informed police.
On information, police recovered the body, said Mohammad Iktiar Uddin, officer-in-charge of Palash Police Station.
He said they started investigation over the incident, and the mystery would be revealed within a shortest possible time.
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