The police recovered the body of a student of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) from a hostel in the Sadhur Mor area of the city on Saturday night.
The deceased was Samiur Rahman, a student from the 17th batch of the computer science and engineering (CSE) department.
Ruet Student Welfare Director Md. Rabiul Awal confirmed his identity.
Boalia police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Suhrawardy Hossain said the student came to the hostel from home a few days earlier.
“Upon receiving the information, we rushed to the spot, recovered the body and brought it to the hospital. Now an autopsy is underway at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. The cause of death will be known when the autopsy report is available,” he said.
Earlier, at noon last Wednesday, the body of Tanveer Fahad Rumi, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student at the same university, was found hanging in his room at Shahid Lt Selim Hall.