Police recovered hanging body of a student from a madrassah at Ranibazar in Rajshahi on Wednesday. The deceased was Talha Zubayer, 12, son of Afsar Ali of Bagha upazila.
Sirajul Islam, director of Ranibazar Hafezia madrassah, said Talha took admission in the madrassah in June this year. Noticing that the victim remained absent in the Magrib prayers, the authorities went to his room and found the body hanging from ceiling. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to a local hospital morgue for autopsy.
Nityan Das, officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station, said the reason behind the death could not be known immediately.