Police recovered the body of a Titumir College student at Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University yesterday.
Debasish Das, an honours first year student, was found hanging from the ceiling fan with a gamsa (a piece of cloth) inside the room 285 at Jotirmoy Guho Thakurta building around 3:00pm.
Debasish, from Kotalipara in Gopalganj, had been staying at the room with his elder brother Uttam Das, a master’s student of DU.
Upon return from village, Rony Das, another resident of the room, informed the hall authorities when he found the door locked from inside.
Rony left the room on October 12, and the deceased’s brother Uttam and another resident Manik left two days later for their villages to celebrate Durga Puja.
On his way to Dhaka from Gopalganj, Uttam said his brother was staying at the hall to study for his ongoing first year’s final examinations. ”I don’t know whether my brother committed suicide or anything else happened to him.”
Rony said he saw Debasish quarrelling with someone loudly over phone for last few days. Debasish was screaming and talking loudly over phone inside the room alone around two weeks back, according to an employee of the dormitory.
Officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Rezaul Karim said the body was almost decomposed and they are suspecting suicide. Police will inquire into the incident, he added.
DU Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique said it will be investigated if it was a suicide or a murder.
