Police recovered the hanging body of a young woman from a house on the Haji Faiz Uddin Cross Road of Sonadanga in Khulna city on Thursday night.

The deceased was identified as Papiya, 27, wife of Ripon of the area.

Inspector (Investigation) of Sonadanga Model Police Station Animesh Mondal said they recovered the body around 11:00pm and sent it to Khulna Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.

He said they were investigating the incident.