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Mysterious death of woman
Police recovered the body of an elderly woman from her house in Modhushahid area of the district town yesterday morning. The deceased, Aisha Begum, 60, wife of late Sirajul Islam, used to live alone on the first floor of a four-storey building in the area. Quoting family members, Nazmul Hasan, assistant commissioner (AC) of Kotwali police station, said seeing smoke coming out from the room, neighbours broke the door and recovered the burnt body of Aisa at about 10:30am. The body was sent to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. The death of the reason could not be known immediately, said the AC. Meanwhile, victim's younger sister Razia Sultana said criminals might have burnt Aisa to death while looting Tk 10,000 and other valuables from the residence.
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