In the early hours of 28th August in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, the body of a female journalist was found in Hatirjheel Lake. She was recognised as 32-year-old Sarah Rahanum a newsroom editor at Bengali language Gazi Television (GTV) and lived in Kallyanpur.
She had spent three years as an employee of the media company. Notably, the report was verified by Inspector Bachchu Mia, who oversees the police outpost at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and informed, “The incident has been reported to Hatirjheel police station.”
According to Mohammad Sagar, one of the pedestrians who carried it to the hospital said, ‘The body was seen floating in the lake. ‘I saw the woman floating in Hatirjheel Lake. Later, she was brought to DMCH, where doctors declared her dead.” According to her family members, she was murdered.
“It was nice having a friend like you. God bless you always. Hope, you’ll fulfil all your dreams soon. I know we had lots of planning together. Sorry, can’t fulfil our plans. May god bless you in every aspect of your life,” she wrote on her Facebook status on the night of 27th August and tagged a person named Fahim Faysal.
“It is better to die than to live a life akin to death,” she declared in an earlier post. The body was kept at the DMCH morgue, per Inspector Bachchu Mia. According to the police, an inquiry will be undertaken to ascertain the reason behind her death.
Sayed Shubhra, Rahnuma’s spouse, claimed that they got married seven years ago following a romantic relationship but kept their families in the dark. There were no arguments between them.
However, she had been longing to go her own way for a while. They intended to conclude their divorce at the registrar’s office, but the current situation of the country prevented them from doing so. He was informed around 3 am that she had jumped into the waters of Hatirjheel Lake.
The deceased was the daughter of Noakhali Press Club President Bakhtiar Shikder. Reportedly, Rahanuma left her Segunbagicha office at 9:00 pm on 27th August and was found dead a few hours later.
Her corpse was observed by locals floating beneath Hatirjheel’s first bridge at around 12:30 in the morning. She was pronounced dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 2:00 am after a group of people collected her body and brought her there.
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