The victim’s body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for an autopsy, he said, adding that the reason behind the death will be known upon receiving the report.
No one has so far been arrested in this connection, the OC added.
Locals torched three private vehicles during a clash with police over the death of domestic help in Dhaka’s Banasree on Sunday morning.
The incident took place in front of house no 32 at around 8am.
Five policemen including the officer-in-charge (OC) of Rampura police station were injured as the locals hurled brick chips at them.
The OC Mashiur Rahman said locals spotted the body of 42-year-old Asma Begum lying on road No-4 in the Banasree area around 8:30am.
Asma used to work in the house of one Kaniz Fatema who came to her father Abdur Rob’ house in the area with Asma three days back, he said.
Local people, including those who work in different houses in the area as domestic workers, got furious suspecting it to be a murder, and tried to enter the building breaking the collapsible gate, the OC said adding that he along with a team rushed to the spot after hearing this news.
They obstructed police to recover the body which triggered the clash. At one stage, the locals set three private cars parked at the garage of the house on fire.
A chase and counter-chase also took place.
The OC said that additional police were deployed to bring the situation under control.
Delwar Hossain, a former tax commissioner, is the owner of the house. His son Mehedi Hasan, a lawyer of the Supreme Court, informed police over the phone that the woman died after falling from the building’s roof, said the police official.