Police yesterday recovered the body of a domestic help from the Border Guard Bangladesh headquarters hospital in the city’s Pilkhana.
The deceased was identified as Rima Akter, 15, daughter of Azor Ali.
Akteruzzaman Sarker, sub-inspector of New Market police station, told the Dhaka Tribune Rima hailed from Biddayanpara area of Kishorgonj district.
The girl came to work as a domestic help three months ago in 15/D-1 No flat of Taranga building, BGB officers living quarters in Pilkhana. The 15/D-1 No house belonged to Lt Col Rownak Ahad.
On Thursday night, Rima fell down from a chair on the floor while she was trying to commit suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan, he said.
Later, the victim was rushed to BGB hospital where she succumbed to her injurers in the early hours of Friday, Rownak said.
He added: “We recovered the body of Rima around 10:30am and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue.
The BGB official alleged that Rima was absent-minded and that would be the reason behind her suicide.
In the meantime, Molu Baroi, 34, a construction worker was electrocuted around 11:30am yesterday while he was working on the roof of 260/1/A No. house in Nabinbagh area of Khilgaon in the city.
Later, house owner Mohamad Modina rushed him to DMCH where the on-duty doctors declared him dead around 1 pm.
The victim hailed from Boari village under Rajoir police station of Madaripur district.
Mozzamel Haque, inspector of DMCH police outpost, told the Dhaka Tribune they had informed the concerned police station of the matter and the body was kept in the hospital morgue.
Meanwhile, police recovered the body of an old man, aged around 70 from the garden of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:30am.
Tarequzzaman, sub-inspector of Airport police station, told the Dhaka Tribune the body was clad in black lungi and white panjabi and kept in the DMCH morgue.
A message had been sent to all information centres for identifying the body, he added.
