Police on Monday recovered the hanging body of a Chattogram University (CU) student from a cottage(privately owned) near the campus.
The deceased was identified as Anik Chakma, a student of Marine Science and Fisheries department’s 2018-19 session and a resident of Rangamati district.
His body was recovered around 1 pm from room-212 of S Alam cottage located on the opposite side of Shahjalal Hall, said Md Kabir Hossain, in-charge of university’s police outpost.
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According to some CU students, Anik was alone in the room on Sunday night as none of his roommates were staying there.
Upon getting no response from him till 11 am on Monday the students informed police and they recovered his body hanging from the ceiling fan.
Abu Tayeb, head of CU Medical Center said Anik might have killed himself at night.
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Md Kabir Hossain said the body was sent to a hospital morgue for an autopsy.