Police recovered the body of an unidentified elderly woman from a pond in Bagerhat on Tuesday morning.
The age of the deceased was around 70 years and she was mentally challenged.
Locals spotted the body at Charbaniari village of Chitalmari upazila in the morning and informed it to police, said Anukul Chandra Sarker, officer-in-charge of Chitalmari Police Station, UNB reported.
Later, police recovered the body and sent it to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital.