Police recovered the body of a speech-impaired woman in the capital's Gulistan area on Saturday morning.
The identity of the deceased, aged around 56, could not be known yet.
Paltan Police Station sub-inspector Md Kamrul Hasan said locals found the body beside Mahanagar Natya Mancha and informed the police.
Later, police recovered the body around 9:30 am and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue, he said.
People around the area told police that the woman was a vagrant and speech-impaired, the SI added.
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