The body of Zohra Khan Progya, a new second year student of the law department and resident of room No. 13 of the new building of the hall, was found hanging with a scarf from a pipe in the toilet.

Shahbagh police recovered the body at around 8:00am after breaking open the toilet door which was bolted from inside and sent it to Dhaka Medical College morgue.

Proctor Prof AKA Firoz Ahmed said the police suspects that the girl might have committed suicide. However, they are waiting for the autopsy report for confirmation.

Progya, a daughter of Nazimuddin Khan, a madrasa teacher, hailed from Azmatpur village in Kaliganj, Gazipur, hall authorities said.

It was not clear to her fellow residents why Progya committed suicide. Many of them said she was quiet and unassuming.

She returned to the dormitory from her home the day before yesterday and was looking normal, they said.

Progya had a brilliant academic background with CGPA 5 in both SSC and HSC examinations, hall authorities said. She stood fourth in DU Gha unit admission test.

Her aunt Taslima, a schoolteacher, said she has no idea of why Progya committed suicide.

Her body was sent to her village home after the autopsy.

This is the second such incident in the Rokeya Hall in one year. Khadiza Khatun, a third year student of English department, committed suicide the same way on July 28, 2006.