Girl’s hanging body found in Bhola

Police recovered the dead body of a girl from her house at ward no 5 of Chandpur union under Tajmuddin upazila in Bhola on Tuesday morning.

The deceased, identified as Sadikul Nahar Jhora, 17, was the adopted daughter of Fatema Begum Saju, vice chairman of Tajmuddin upazila.

Speaking on the incident, Tajmuddin police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Ziaur Rahman said: “Police recovered the hanging body and sent it to Bhola Sadar Hospital.” Police were investigating the death, he added.

According to police sources, Jhora slept in her room on Monday night. On Tuesday, when she did not wake up in the morning as she usually did, her family members called her from outside her room a number of times. But she did not respond. Later Fatema Begum Saju informed police about the matter.