A woman was found dead in her house in Ambagan area of Chittagong city yesterday.

On information, police recovered the body of Juli Akter, 20, -- wife of Abdul Ohid of the area -- from the tin-roofed slum-house which was locked from outside, said Officer-in-Charge of Khulshi Police Station Nizam Uddin.

The reason behind the death could not be ascertained, said the OC adding, Ohid -- a garbage collector and also rickshaw-puller -- was detained for interrogation. The body was sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.