Soldier’s Hanging Body Recovered, What Was Learned from the Special Note Found Beside

Staff Correspondent

Police recovered the hanging body of a soldier named SM Saurav Hossain from a workshop building in Rajendrapur Cantonment, Gazipur.

Police claim he committed suicide. The body has been sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. The matter was confirmed by Joydebpur Police Station’s Acting Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Halim.

The deceased Saurav Hossain was the son of Ujir Ali Mollah from Garaganj village in Jhenaidah district. He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.

The police officer said it is assumed that on Sunday at 5:10 AM, soldier SM Saurav Hossain committed suicide by tying a gamchha (traditional towel) to a bamboo pole at the soldiers’ barracks near RP Gate in Rajendrapur Cantonment under Joydebpur Police Station. Upon receiving the news, police arrived at the scene, recovered the body, and sent it to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

The OC further said preliminary investigation revealed that soldier Saurav was transferred from Bogura Cantonment to Rajendrapur Cantonment as an MP (APC) escort. He was mentally distressed after losing everything in online gambling.

On Sunday, he secretly deposited Tk 14,000 to a betting site from the mobile phone of Lance Corporal Yasir Arafat at the charging point. Later, when Saurav went to return the phone to the charging point, Yasir Arafat noticed the matter, caught him red-handed, and called others.

As punishment for this incident, Saurav was placed under confinement. In the early morning, when Saurav asked to go to the washroom, the guard took him there. After some time, when the guard called out to Saurav and received no response, he forced open the door and found no one inside the washroom.

At one point, the guard commander and the guard noticed the sunshade window open inside the toilet. Through that window, soldier Saurav—wearing his uniform and boots—had gone to the third-floor eastern side of the barracks, tied a gamchha to a construction bamboo pole, and hanged himself.

During this time, a special note was recovered beside the body. The OC stated that in the note, Saurav admitted his own fault and explained the reason for his suicide before taking his own life.