Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman packed in a sack from beneath a bridge in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat on Friday morning.

Local residents spotted the body in the morning and informed the police. Officers recovered it at around 11:30am and sent it to the morgue of Bagerhat Sadar Hospital for an autopsy after preparing an inquest report.

Police said the woman was estimated to be 25–26 years old. No visible injury marks were found on her body, but there was a mark around her neck. Based on the mark, police suspect she may have died by strangulation.

Rampal Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Masudur Rahman said the woman's identity had not yet been established and efforts were underway to identify her. The body was sent to the morgue, while legal procedures and an investigation into the cause of death were ongoing. The autopsy was scheduled for Saturday.

He said the body was found in an isolated area between the Khulna-Mongla railway line and the highway. The area has farmland and trees but no residential settlements.

The OC said police were investigating all aspects of the incident, noting that it was unusual for a woman to be alone in such an isolated location.