A student of Jahangirnagar University committed suicide at the JU (Jahangirnagar University) residential hall on Tuesday.
The deceased Arafat Siam was a student of the 2015-2016 (45th) batch of the Department of Physics at the university and a resident student of Mir Musharraf Hossain Hall. He lived in room 115 of block B of the hall. He was from Nilphamari district.
His body was recovered around 7pm on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses said that after Maghrib prayer, his classmates went to his room and knocked on the door at around 7 pm.
After getting no response, they peeked through the window and saw something hanging inside. Later, they broke the door and found his body hanging from the ceiling fan.
He was immediately taken to JU Medical center where he was declared dead by the doctor on duty following a preliminary examination.
A book titled 'Death: An Inside Story', written by Sadhguru, was found on his reading table.
Earlier, he posted a status on his Facebook in the early hours of April 3 discussing spiritual practice, death, soul, body, purpose of life, meditation etc.
Hall Provost Obaidur Rahman said, "Students found him hanging in his room and brought him to the medical center. The doctor on duty declared him dead."
Proctor of the university A S M Firoz-ul- Hasan said, "We have already reached out to one of his family members. Any further decisions will be made later in keeping with their wishes."
