Suma Begum: Police searching for missing woman find body in river

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Image caption, Suma Begum was reported missing from an address in Tower Hamlets on 30 April
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Detectives in a murder investigation have recovered a body from the River Thames.

Suma Begum, 24, was reported missing from an address in Orchard Place, Tower Hamlets, on 30 April.

The Met Police confirmed a body had been recovered in Thamesmead following a call from a member of the public shortly after 10:00 BST on Wednesday.

Formal identification is yet to take place but Ms Begum's family has been updated, the Met said.

A post-mortem examination will take place in due course.

Her husband, Aminan Rahman, 45, of Orchard Place, was charged with her murder on 4 May.

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