Police recovered a decomposed body of a woman from a locked house at Modipada under the Town police station here on Friday morning.
The body was recovered in the presence of a Magistrate. The identity of the deceased woman was yet to be ascertained.
Reports said a couple along with their four-year-old child was staying in the house on rent. The house was locked up from outside for the past three days after a brawl between the couple on Tuesday night.
The locals informed police when foul smell emanated from the house.
The cops rushed to the spot on in the morning and recovered the body after breaking open the locked house.
A forensic team was also present at the site for probe into the matter.
Locals said the woman’s husband might have been killed her following the fight between them. Later, the accused might have locked up the house and fled along with the child.