Desk Report:

A student of Dhaka University (DU) committed suicide by hanging herself with ceiling fan early Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Adrita Binte Mosharaf, 19, a first year student of the Marketing Department of the DU.

The incident took place at the third floor of 19 no building on Fular road of the university area where she used to live with her family.

She was recovered and rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the doctors declared her dead.

Adrita’s father and DU Management Department Professor Dr Mosharaf Hossain said her daughter was sick for a long time. She committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling fan using a scarf in his room.

Md Bachchu Miah, In-charge of DMCH’s police camp, said the body has been kept at the hospital’s morgue. The concerned police station has been informed about the matter.