The victim was identified as Ajmeri Begum, 26, a resident of Abul Hasnat Road. The body was found floating in a pond adjacent to the mosque inside the old jailhouse around 12am on Wednesday, said Jahangir Alam, sub-inspector of Chawkbazar Police Station. Her father took her to a physician just a day before her death," he said, citing relatives of victim. She left her home on the slopes of old Dhaka’s central jailhouse around 8pm and was found dead in the pond afterwards, according to her family. The body of Ajmeri was also spotted on that side," SI Jahangir said.

Source: bd News24 June 12, 2019 07:30 UTC