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NCP leader found dead at Hazaribagh hostel
Police recovered the hanging body of a leader of National Citizen Party (NCP) from a female student hostel in the capital’s Hazaribagh area early Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Jannatara Rumi, 30, joint coordinator of the NCP’s Dhanmondi thana unit and daughter of Md Jakir Hossain of Nazirpur under Patnitala upazila in Naogaon district.
Hazaribagh thana police said being informed at around 4:10am, a team from the police station rushed to the spot and recovered her hanging body from a room on the fifth floor of Jannati Female Student Hostel at Zigatola Old Kachabazar Road.
The room was found locked from the inside, police said.
Hazaribagh police station Officer-in-Charge Hafizur Rahman said Rumi used to live alone in the room of the five-storey hostel, reports UNB.
After preparing the inquest report, the body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC said.
Police said it is yet to be ascertained whether the death was a case of suicide or murder and it is under investigation.