Dhaka, 19 January (H.S.) :

The body of a former student of Jagannath University (JnU) was recovered under suspicious circumstances in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, raising fresh concerns amid a series of similar incidents reported in recent days. The deceased has been identified as Akash Chandra Sarkar.

According to police and local sources, Sarkar, a resident of Faridpur district, was a student of the 10th batch of Jagannath University. His body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his rented mess room in the Bhattikhana area under Gendaria police station limits in Old Dhaka at around 10 pm on Sunday (January 18).

Classmates said Sarkar had been living in the mess for a long time. Following information about the incident, police reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it to Mitford Hospital for post-mortem examination. After the completion of the autopsy, the body is expected to be handed over to the family by the Gendaria police station.

Police officials said the exact cause of death is yet to be ascertained and an investigation is currently underway.

Notably, several such incidents have been reported from different parts of Bangladesh in recent days. Hanging bodies have been recovered in cases involving a student in Kalabagan, a student of Chittagong University, as well as a police personnel and a migrant youth in Khulna, all under suspicious circumstances.

Police have stated that investigations are ongoing in all cases and that the actual causes of death will only be clear after the post-mortem reports are received.

Hindusthan Samachar / Satya Prakash Singh