Police recovered the body of a domestic help from the flat she worked at on Green Road in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area on Tuesday night.
Sadia, 17, hailed from Kishoreganj Sadar upazila. She worked at the flat of Mirza Ahmad, a businessman by profession.
Law enforcers suspect that the teenager committed suicide.
Sadia had been working at the house for the last three years, said SI Md Biplob Hossain of Kalabagan police station.
“We received information that she had committed suicide by hanging herself,” he added.
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The SI continued: “The flat owner told the police that the family had rushed Sadia to a nearby clinic, where the doctors pronounced her dead on arrival.”
At one point, a group of domestic helps had gathered before the flat and started shouting slogans claiming that Sadia had been killed and had not committed suicide.
However, SI Biplob said some locals had only gathered near the house after learning of Sadia’s death, nothing more.
There was no wound on Sadia’s body except on her neck, he said, adding: “We will investigate the matter.”