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The body of a man hanging from a tree was found beside the Mathematics building on the Dhaka University campus on Wednesday morning.

The deceased is Abu Seleh, 45, a vagrant who reportedly moved around in the campus area.


The police recovered the body at about 10:00am on the day.

Shahbagh police officer-in-charge Khalid Mansur said that police took the body to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the doctor on duty pronounced him dead at about 10:30am.

‘Police have recovered the body and taken it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital,’ the OC told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ·.

He said that the body was kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy.

‘We primarily assumed it to be a suicide. The cause of the death will be known after receiving the autopsy report,’ Khalid added.