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Police recovered the bloodied body of an unidentified woman, aged around 35, from the Dhaka-Chattogram outgoing road in the Kachabazar area under Jatrabari Police Station in the capital on Wednesday.
The body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy around noon.
Jatrabari Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Awlad Hossain said police recovered the body from the road around 5am after being informed about the incident.
Locals told police that the woman may have been hit by a speeding vehicle while crossing the road sometime during the night. Her head was crushed in the incident.
She was wearing a red kameez and yellow salwar.
The woman’s identity has not yet been established. Police have informed the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Crime Scene team and are working to identify her with the help of technology.
Legal proceedings are underway, the police officer said.