A school student allegedly committed suicide jumping off a high-rise building at Gulshan in the city early Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Sana Rezwan Selim ,14, a 6th grader of Sanbeams School of Uttara.
She used to live with her parents in an apartment on the 10th floor of the 12 storey building on Road No 41 of Gulshan-2. Her father Rezwan Selim is a businessman.
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Quoting family members, Sub-Inspector (SI) Shilpy Akhtar of Gulshan Police Station said the incident took place around 2.30 am . On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Morgue for autopsy.
She jumped from the tenth floor following an altercation with her parents, said the SI.
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An unnatural death case was registered at the police station.
She was the younger of two sisters. Her elder sister lives abroad.