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Police have recovered the hanging body of a young woman named Sharmin Akhter, 24, from a rented house in the Bandar area of Narayanganj.
The body was recovered on Saturday (June 13) noon from a semi-concrete rented room owned by one Anwar Hossain in the Muradpur area under Ward No. 27 of Bandar Police Station by the Dhamgarh Outpost Police.
The deceased was identified as Sharmin Akhter, daughter of Nasir Uddin Miah, hailing from the Jugir Khel area of Bhangura Police Station in Comilla district. She had been living as a tenant in that house in Muradpur for a long time.
Police suspect the suicide took place sometime between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM on Saturday.
"On receiving information from the locals, we reached the rented house around 12:45 PM," said Fazlul Haque, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Dhamgarh Police Outpost. "We found the young woman's body hanging from the ceiling beam with a scarf wrapped around her neck. The body has been sent to the Narayanganj General Hospital morgue for an autopsy."
Police further stated that the exact reason behind the suspected suicide could not be known immediately. A police investigation is underway to unearth the mystery, and the process of taking legal action is ongoing at Bandar Police Station.
