The hanging body of a police constable was recovered from the toilet in a building of Rajshahi Police Lines on Sunday morning.
The deceased is Masud Rana, 34, a resident of Panchshisha village under Gurudaspur upazila in Natore. He was stationed at Jogipara police outpost under Baghmara upazila in Rajshahi.
According to the police, Masud recently came to the divisional police hospital for treatment and was staying in a barracks in the district police lines.
On Sunday morning, other police personnel found his body hanging in the toilet of the barracks and informed the higher authorities.
Touhidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Baghmara police, said that Masud was having family trouble and he might have committed suicide due to conflict with his wife.
He said that the scene fell under the jurisdiction of the Rajpara police station of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, and the police officers there were investigating the incident.
Ashraful Islam, officer-in-charge of the Rajpara police station, said that Masud hanged himself from the exhaust fan grill in the toilet.
鈥業t is assumed that Masud committed suicide at night,鈥� he said, adding that the body was sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Earlier on February 11, the hanging body of Aminul Islam, 35, an assistant sub-inspector of Detective Branch was recovered from a government quarters in Rajshahi city.
