DU student's hanging body recovered from SM hall

Police have recovered the hanging body of a student of Dhaka University from its Salimullah Muslim Hall in the capital.

The deceased was identified as Manjurul Islam allies Manju, hailed from Gopalganj, a student of the university's Bangla department under 2016-17 academic sessions, Salimullah Muslim Hall provost Dr Md Iqbal Rouf Mamun told BSS on Monday.

"On information, Police rushed to the scene and found the body hanging with a ceiling fan. The body was recovered around 5pm from room no 165 of the dorms with the help of hall authorities", said Md Al Amin, Sub-inspector of Shahbagh police station.

"Talking to students, we came to know that there were three more students in the room who left the room in the morning. However, they found the body was hanging with the ceiling fan when they returned to the dorms", he added.

"While we were leaving the room in the morning, Manju bhai was sleeping. But we found his body hanging with the ceiling fan when we returned to the room", said Manju's roommate Forhad.

"We do not know why he chose to commit suicide. He was quiet and calm over the last few days," Forhad added.

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