Housewife found dead

Police recovered the body of a housewife from a pond in Phulbari upazila of the district yesterday.

The deceased, Marufa Begum, 40, wife of Mahbub Alam, was a resident of Kasapukur village in the upazila.

Officer in Charge of Phulbari Police Station Md Fakhrul Islam said villagers spotted Marufa's body floating in a pond nearby her house yesterday and informed the police.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital for autopsy, the OC said, adding that they were not confirmed whether it was an accident or murder.