Woman found dead in Jamalpur 

JAMALPUR, Aug 24: Police recovered the body of a housewife from a rented flat in Jamalpur town on Sunday morning after hearing the cries of her two children.

The deceased was identified as Israt Jahan, 34, daughter of Ismail Hossain of Pathalia Village in the Jamalpur municipality.

Police said Israt had been living in the flat on the fifth floor of a building near Panch Rasta intersection with her husband, Kawsar Ahmed Shawon, and their two children for about a month.

The incident came to light in the morning when local people heard the two children crying from a window of the flat. They informed the building owner, who called the national emergency service 999.

Police and fire service personnel later arrived at the scene and broke open the locked door of the flat. They rescued the two children from one room and found the body of their mother in an adjoining room.

Jamalpur Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nazmus Sakib said the body was sent to the morgue for autopsy.