Jhenaidah, April 7 -- Police recovered the hanging bodies of a woman and her son from a tree in Nalchity upazila of Jhalakathi district on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Rubi Begum, 50, wife of Hanif Majhi and her son Asad, 35 of Rayapur village in the upazila.

Local people spotted Rubi and her son Asad, hanging in a single rope with a tree, in the morning and informed the matter to police who recovered the bodies.

Later, the bodies were sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Abdus Salam, officer-in-charge of Nalchity Police Station.

The reason behind the deaths could not be known immediately.

However, necessary steps will be taken following further investigation, said OC.

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