Police recovered the body of a woman from a residential hotel in Swadeshi Bazar area of the district town yesterday.

They also arrested Abdus Sattar, 52, manager of the hotel, and its two staff Montu Miah, 45, and Jafor Miah, 50, in connection with the incident.

The deceased is Aysha Akhtar, 40, wife of Nayan Miah, 45, of Birunia village in Bhaluka upazila, according to record kept with the hotel when they booked a room there on Wednesday.

Md Kamrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said Aysha and Nayan booked room No 16 of Hotel Matin, introducing themselves as husband and wife and went to the room around 2:30pm.

The alleged couple also informed hotel authorities that they came to Mymensingh from Bhaluka to visit a doctor here.

Around 11:30am yesterday, as the hotel staff found the door of the room locked from outside and there was no response from inside, they informed the police.

The law enforcers rushed to the spot, opened the door and found the body on the bed but the victim's husband Nayan went missing. 

The body was sent to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Nayan might have strangled his wife in a pre-planned way, said police.