Police recovered the body of a student of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) from a hostel in the Sadhur Mor area of the city on Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Samiur Rahman, a 17th-batch student of the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department of the university. His identity was confirmed by the director of the RUET Student Welfare office Md Rabiul Awal.
Boalia Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Suhrawardy Hossain said the student came from home a few days earlier.
"On information, we rushed to the spot and recovered the body and brought it to the hospital. Now the autopsy is going on at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. The cause of death will be known when the autopsy report will be available," he said.
Earlier, last Wednesday, the body of Tanveer Fahad Rumi, a fourth-year student of the Mechanical Engineering department of the same university, was found hanging in his room in Lieutenant Salim Hall.
