The floating body of a female journalist was recovered from Hatirjheel Lake in the capital early Wednesday.
The deceased is Rahanuma Sarah, 32, a newsroom editor at the private TV channel GTV, also known as Gazi Television.
Confirming the matter, Hatirjheel police station officer-in-charge Saiful Islam told 抖阴精品 that a case was filed in this regard.
鈥榁ictim鈥檚 sister Rabita Sabah filed the case on Wednesday evening,鈥� he said.
The cause of the death will be known after the report, added the police official.
Rabita Sabah at an interview said that Rahanuma was frustrated due to job stability.
鈥業t is shocking for us that she ended her own life,鈥� Rabita said.
Md Sagor, one of the pedestrians who brought the body to the hospital, said that he saw the body floating in the lake midnight past Tuesday.
Later, pedestrians pulled out the body from the lake and took it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared her dead at about 2:00am.
The news of the death spread on Facebook soon with speculation of suicide as Rahanuma shared a post on Facebook on Tuesday, hours before her death.
The post said, 鈥業t is better to die than to live such a life.鈥�
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 son Sajeeb Wazed Joy also shared his views about the incident on Facebook terming it as 鈥榖rutal attack on freedom of expression in Bangladesh.鈥�
In his post, he said that Gazi TV was a secular news channel owned by former lawmaker Golam Dastagir Gazi, who was arrested recently.
