Dhaka, March 4 -- Police have recovered the body of a woman with her throat slit at a rented house in Mirhazirbagh area in the capital.

The deceased is Lucky Akter,17, of Ratanpur village under Sadar Thana in Bhola district.

Lucky had been living with her husband at a rented house at Mirhazaribagh under Shyampur police station.

Her husband, Sajeeb, is currently on the run.

The body was recovered around 4:30 pm on Tuesday from a tin-shed house and later sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for autopsy, said sub-Inspector Md. Shahadat Hossain of Shyampur Police Station.

Police suspect that Sajeeb killed his wife and fled the spot, leaving the body in the house.

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