Tv journalist Sarah Rahanuma. Photograph credit score: Sarah Rahanuma Fb
The physique of a 32-year-old tv journalist in Bangladesh was recovered from a lake right here within the capital on Wednesday (August 28, 2024), in response to media studies.
The deceased was recognized as Sarah Rahanuma, editorial editor of Gazi Tva Bengali-language cable and satellite tv for pc tv channel owned by Gazi Group.
Her physique was discovered floating in Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka. The Dhaka Tribune The newspaper reported.
Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the Dhaka Medical School Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, confirmed the restoration of his physique.
The pedestrians pulled out the physique from the lake and took it to Dhaka Medical School Hospital (DMCH), the place the physician declared her lifeless round 2:00 am.
A person named Sagar, who took Sarah to the hospital, stated, “I noticed the girl floating in Hatirjheel Lake. She was later taken to DMCH, the place medical doctors declared her lifeless.”
Earlier than her demise, Sarah posted a standing on her Fb on Tuesday (August 27) night tagging Fahim Faysal.
“It was good to have a good friend such as you. God bless you at all times. I hope you quickly fulfill all of your desires. I do know we made many plans collectively. I am sorry we will not fulfill our plans. Could God bless you in all points of your life,” she wrote.
In a earlier put up, he wrote: “It’s higher to die than to reside a life resembling demise.”
Inspector Bachchu Mia stated the physique was stored on the DMCH morgue.
Police have stated an investigation might be carried out to find out the reason for his demise.
Nonetheless, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s US-based son Sajeeb Wazed gave a political tone to the journalist’s demise, saying it was “one other brutal assault” on freedom of expression within the nation.
“Rahmuna Sara Gazi TV’s newsroom editor has been discovered lifeless. Her physique was recovered from Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka metropolis. That is yet one more brutal assault on freedom of expression in Bangladesh. Gazi TV is a secular information channel owned by Golam Dastagir Gazi who was arrested lately,” Sajeeb Wazed posted on X.
On the day of the incident, Sarah went to work however didn’t return residence that evening, her husband, Somoy Information She quoted her husband Sayed Shuvro as saying:
Mr Shuvro was knowledgeable at round 3am that Sarah had jumped into the waters of Hatirjheel Lake. He stated that Sarah had been expressing her need to be separated from him for a while.
They’d deliberate to go to a Kazi workplace to finalize their divorce, however as a result of present scenario within the nation, they have been unable to take action. “The circumstances surrounding Sarah’s demise seem mysterious,” the information channel stated.