Model kills himself
A male model allegedly committed suicide at his house in West Malibagh early yesterday.
Family members of deceased Mainul Haque Ali, 38, said he worked as a model in TV advertisements for hair colour and other products.
Police recovered his body from his house and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for a post-mortem.
Quoting family members, Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Shah Alam of Ramna Police Station said at about 3:00am Mainul's parents woke up after they smelled something burning and saw that smoke was coming from Mainul's room.
They found his body hanging from the ceiling fan and the clothes he was wearing were on fire. The bed sheet was also burning.
Entering the room they found a stub of a burning cigarette on the bed, the OC said.
Mainul had married two and a half years back, said OC Shah Alam adding that his wife, however, went to her father's house six months back and they had no relationship since then.
The OC said that he had been informed that Mainul was taking drugs.
DMCH morgue sources said it was a case of suicide and different parts of the body were burnt.
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