Shawdesh Desk:

Police recovered the stabbed body of a woman from an under-construction house in Gogram area of Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Wednesday.

On information from the local people, police recovered the body and sent it to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations. Police arrested two people in this connection.

The deceased is Sandhya Rani, 20, daughter of Harilal Das of Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha.

The arrested are Phulbabu Ravi Das, 25, step brother of the deceased, and Adil Ahmed Palak, 19, son of Awal Hossain of village Lalpukur of Godagari upazila. Phulbabu’s wife Manti Das, 22, is absconding. Phulbabu, his wife and Sandhya Rani used to work as labourers.

Abdul Matin, officer-in-charge of Godagari Police Station, said that Sandhya Rani had an argument with her step brother and his wife. The arrested persons confessed that they stabbed Sandhya Rani to death after sedating her with sleeping pills.