A teenage girl was found dead at Nadra village, Monirampur upazila, Jessore in the early hours of yesterday.
But reason behind her death could not be known immediately.
Deceased Champa, daughter of day labourer Abul Kashem, was working at a local sewing centre.
Jhorna Begum told the Dhaka Tribune that her youngest daughter Champa had passed the HSC from Bhaturia College this year and she had applied to get enrollment at Government MM College for BA pass course.
“Having dinner with us Champa went to sleep. I noticed around 1am that Champa was not in her room and then I told my other family members and started looking for her.
“Then, we found her burnt body under a coconut tree at our courtyard.”
On receiving information, a team of police from Monirampur police station went to the spot and recovered the body.
Sub-Inspector (SI) of Monirampur police station Asaduzzaman told the Dhaka Tribune that they were yet to know the reason behind the suicide.
“We recovered a lighter box and a bottle of petrol in her room,” said the SI.
The body was sent to Jessore Sadar Hospital for a post-mortem examination. An unnatural death case was filed in this connection.