Bodies of siblings suspected to have committed suicide recovered in Dhaka

A brother and sister were found dead at their home in Dhaka past midnight Tuesday.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 16 Sept 2014, 05:21 AM
Updated : 16 Sept 2014, 05:21 AM

Police say they have recovered a suicide note from the spot.

Fifteen-year-old 'Alim' and his sister Chirosree Zaman, 18, were found hanging from the ceiling of their Uttara home.

Uttara (West) Police Station OC Rafukul Islam said the bodies were recovered around 1.30 am after their mother Jayasree Zaman informed the police.

Zaman works as a senior sub-editor at the national news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the agency's Senior Reporter Khairuzzaman Kamal told bdnews24.com.

He said that their father lives in China with his second wife.

Quoting the mother, OC Islam said that Zaman spoke with her daughter Jayasree around 9pm over the phone.

She informed the police after finding the siblings dead in their rooms around 11am.

The bodies have been sent to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.