Woman’s body found hanging in bamboo grove in Naogaon

Her brother says she went to sleep on Sunday night; police say marks of injury were found on her body and ear.

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Police in Dhamoirhat upazila of Naogaon recovered the body of a woman named Halima Begum from a bamboo grove on Monday morning. It happened in the Chhilimpur Talbona area of Alampur union in the upazila. Halima Begum was the daughter of the late Alimuddin Mondol of the area. She lived with her brothers at her father’s home.

Her younger brother Majnu Hossain said: “My sister Halima Begum went to sleep at home after dinner on Sunday night. Early on Monday her body was found in a bamboo grove to the east of the house.”

The family then informed police, who recovered the body. Halima Begum divorced about 30 years ago, and since then had lived separately with her two brothers. There are marks of injury on her body and ear. Local people initially suspect that someone killed her and left her in the bamboo grove.

Dhamoirhat police station officer-in-charge Mintu Rahman said the body had been recovered on receiving the information. After the inquest report, it was sent to the morgue for a post-mortem. Police are trying to arrest those involved quickly.

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