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Woman's body recovered from Gazipur forest

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Police have recovered the body of an unidentified young woman from a forest in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur district.

The woman, believed to be around 30 years old, has not yet been identified.

The body was discovered on Monday morning in a forested area near the Chandra Forest Office, adjacent to the Dhaka–Tangail highway.

Locals found the body in the jungle late Sunday night and informed the police.

Being informed, police recovered the body early Monday and sent it to the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

A mobile phone and a black bag were also found beside her body. Police suspect she was strangled to death and her body was dumped at the location. There were marks of injuries on her neck, police said.

Abdul Mannan, officer-in-charge of Kaliakair police station, said legal proceedings are underway.

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