A youth allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan with curtain on Friday afternoon at his residence in the city's Mirpur failing to realise money from his mother to buy drugs.
The deceased was identified as Waliul Ali, 22, son of Shahen Ali of Kalyanpur of Mirpur.
Kazi Wazed Ali, officer-in -charge of Mirpur police station, said Waliul used to take sedatives.
Police recovered the body around 4:00pm from his residence.