A 10-year-old madrasa student died under mysterious circumstances at Hatirpool in the capital on Friday evening.
The deceased was identified as Abu Hasan, son of Islam Uddin from Austagram upazila in Kishoreganj district. He lived with his family in a rented house at Hatirpool.
According to the victim's aunt, Swapna Begum, Hasan suffered from mental restlessness since childhood. After refusing to stay at madrasas in both Dhaka and his village, his father brought him back to Dhaka a month ago.
On Friday evening, family members found Hasan lying unconscious inside a room at their house and rushed him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where attending doctors declared him dead.
Swapna Begum also claimed that Hasan had died by suicide.
Inspector Md. Habibur Rahman of DMCH Police Camp In-Charge, said the body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy and Kalabagan Police Station has been informed.