Rana Plaza victim commits ‘suicide’

Salma, 27, a victim of the Rana Plaza collapse, has reportedly committed suicide in the capital’s Bamnarteck on the morning of Friday.

Salma had been left injured in the collapse that claimed the lives of 1, 129 people last year. Nearly 2500 people were injured in the incidnet of collapse.

Turag police station Sub-Inspector Kalam Hossain said: “Upon being informed by her husband Babu, we rushed to the spot and recovered her hanging body at 10:45am.”

He said Salma had been rendered mentally unstable since she sustained injuries on her head during the Rana Plaza collapse.

The SI also said her body was sent to the morgue in Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy.

Babu said: “She went through a lot of bodily pains since the Rana Plaza collapse. She was behaving normally till last night [Thursday] during dinner.”

He said: “I found her hanging from the celling today [Friday].”

Source: UNB Connect