The hanging body of a female student of Jagannath University (JnU) from a mess at Kather Puler Tonuganj Lane area in old Dhaka.

On information, police recovered the body of Sabrina Rahman Shammi, a third-year student of the Social Science Department at the university from the mess.

Sutrapur Police Station Officer In-Charge (OC) M Shaiful Islam confirmed the matter.

He said that Shammi used to live in a room of a female mess alone in the area.

She went to bed on Saturday night. Other students in the mess found her hanging from the ceiling in her room around 4:30 am and informed the police.

Being informed, a team of police recovered the body from the spot and sent it to Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital morgue, the police official said.

She might have committed suicide, the OC suspected.

JnU proctor Professor Tajammul Haque visited the spot just after receiving the news. 

They were looking into the matter, he added.

BDST: 1203 HRS, JAN 26, 2025
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