Koderma, May 14 (PTI) A 30-year-old woman was found dead with her throat slit in her house in Jharkhand's Koderma district on Thursday, police said.
The incident happened in Mitco Colony in the Sadar police station area, they said.
The woman's son, a class 1 student, returned home from school around 12.30 pm and found his mother lying in a pool of blood, they added.
"The child came out screaming for help after seeing his mother's condition. Neighbours rushed to the spot and informed the woman's husband, who runs a stationery shop and was away for work at the time," a police officer said.
"The husband immediately asked some of his acquaintances to go to the house. They took the unconscious woman to Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared her dead," he said.
Police said a murder case has been registered, and family members are being questioned.
"We are probing the incident from all angles, and the culprit will be arrested soon. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination," the SDPO said.