Teenager's body found hanging at Jessore Juvenile Centre

A teenager's body was found hanging at Jessore Juvenile Correction Centre on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Zahurul Islam (16).

The inmates of the centre found Zahurul hanging from the ceiling fan of a room and informed the higher authorities, said Officer-in-Charge Tajul Islam of Kotwali police station.

Later, he was taken to Jessore General Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.

Jessore Social Welfare Department Deputy Director Asit Saha said all the children were in the field as the authorities had arranged a badminton tournament at the centre on the occasion of Pohela Falgun and Valentine’s Day.

“Zahurul might have killed himself by hanging from the ceiling fan in the absence of other children. The actual reason will be known after the postmortem,” he said.

A case was filed in this connection.

In August, 2020, three children were beaten to death at the centre while a few children committed suicide there at different times.