A female lawyer was found dead at her own residence in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar district early Monday.
Abida Sultana, 35, daughter of late Abdul Qaiyum of Madhabgul village in the upazila, might have been murdered sometime between afternoon and evening on Sunday.
She was a lawyer at Moulvibazar District and Sessions Judge’s Court.
Both the Police Bureau of Investigation and local police inspected the spot.
In this connection, Mohammad Yasinul Haque, officer-in-charge of Barlekha Police Station, said there were injury marks in the cranium and neck area of Abida.