A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house at Bhuterdia village, Babuganjupazila, on Tuesday, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as SM Faisal Babu, 29, president of Kedarpur union unit of BCL.
On information, police rushed in to recover the body which was sent to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital for postmortem examination.
Locals said Faisal, who married four years back, may have committed suicide out of frustration with being unemployed.