Woman and her daughter were found dead at Sadar upazila's Deshipara area in Gazipur on Wednesday night.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Assistant Commissioner of police ( Sadar zone) Ripon Chandra said being informed, a police team rushed to the spot and took the bodies into custody around 10:00pm.
Police suspect the assailants might have slit the throats of the duo with sharp weapons.
Investigation is on to ascertain the reason behind the killings,” the officer said.
Later, the bodies were sent to the morgue of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College and Hospital for postmortem.
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