A police constable was found dead at the staff quarters of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in the city's Elephant Road area on Thursday.
The police recovered the body of Mazharul Islam, 23, who was posted at the headquarters of the Anti-Terrorism Unit in Baridhara.
Mazharul, son of Shafiullah Bhuiya, hailed from Dighaldi village of Araihajar upazila in Narayanganj.
New Market police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Maksudur Rahman said they recovered the body of Mazharul from a rented room on the ground floor of the quarter at noon.
The body was sent to the emergency department of DMCH around 6pm after due procedures. Later, the body was sent to the hospital morgue for post-mortem, he added.
Mazharul might have committed suicide, said the SI, adding that the actual reason will be known after getting the autopsy report.
