Unidentified criminals killed a housewife in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat on Saturday night, two hours into her abduction.

The deceased, Arati Rani Mohanto, 35, was wife of Uzzal Mohanto of Dewra Ashrayan area.

Quoting locals, police said a gang forcibly picked up Arati from in front of her house around 8:30pm.

At one stage, villagers found her lying unconscious at a paddy field around 10:30pm and took her to Akkelpur Upazila Health Complex, where the doctors declared

her dead.