A woman was strangled to death at Deichar village in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur on Thursday. The deceased was Jahanara Begum, 57, wife of expatriate Younus Miah of the village, said Shah Alam, officer-in-charge of Faridganj Police Station.

The criminals might be hiding inside victim’s house overnight. When Jahanara sensed their presence, they strangled her, said Afzal Hossain, Additional Superintendent of Police. Later, they took daughter-in-law of Jahanara outside the house through backdoor and violated her, police said quoting the ‘raped’ victim.  Two separate cases for murder and rape were filed with the police station, said police.