A 23 year old woman was murdered at Jhulabasti in Kotdwar early on Tuesday morning and her husband was hit with a hammer by unknown persons who broke into their home. The police registered a case against unknown persons based on an FIR lodged by Naeem Ahemad under section 302 and 323 IPC. The Kotdwar police said that the unknown persons entered the house of Shama, murdered her and beat up her husband Salim. The investigation officer Kunwar Singh Bisht told The Pioneer that the motive for the murder will be known after the post-mortem report and from the statement of the injured Salim.