A 55-year-old woman was found dead with her throat slit inside a rented apartment in Cumilla city鈥檚 Racecourse Kathpukur area Friday evening.
The deceased is Milan Bibi, hailing from Shikarpur village in Burichang upazila.
Police recovered her body from under a bed, wrapped in a bed sheet, and sent it to Cumilla Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, confirmed Mohinul Islam, officer-in-charge of Cumilla鈥檚 Kotwali model police station.
According to the victim鈥檚 daughter, Tanzina Akter, they had gone to Noakhali for a visit, leaving her mother alone at home.
In the afternoon, neighbours called to inform them that their apartment door was open and the furniture was overturned.
Upon returning, they found Milan Bibi鈥檚 body hidden under the bed.
Tanzina alleged that some relatives had financial disputes with them and suspects that her mother was murdered over that issue.
OC Mohinul Islam said, 鈥榃e are investigating the motive and those involved in the killing.鈥�
