TV journalist Sara Rahnuma. | Photo courtesy: Sara Rahnuma Facebook
According to media reports, the body of a 32-year-old female TV journalist in Bangladesh was recovered from a lake in the capital on Wednesday (August 28, 2024).
The deceased was identified as Sara Rahnuma, who was the newsroom editor. Gazi TVis a Bengali language satellite and cable television channel owned by Gazi Group.
His body was found floating in Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka. dhaka tribune The newspaper reported this news.
Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, confirmed the recovery of his body.
Passersby pulled the body out of the lake and took it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared him dead at around 2am.
“I saw the woman floating in Hatirjheel lake. She was later brought to DMCH where doctors declared her dead,” said Sagar, who brought Sara to the hospital.
Before her death, Sara had posted a status on Facebook on Tuesday (August 27) night, tagging a man named Faheem Faizal.
He wrote, “It was great to have a friend like you. May God bless you always. Hope you fulfill all your dreams soon. I know we had made a lot of plans together. Sorry we are not able to fulfill our plans. May God bless you in every aspect of life.”
In his previous post he wrote: “It is better to die than to live a life like death.”
Inspector Bacchu Miya said the body has been kept at the mortuary in DMCH.
Police have said that an investigation will be conducted to ascertain the cause of his death.
However, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina His US-based son Sajeeb Wazed politicised the journalist’s death, saying it was “yet another brutal attack” on freedom of expression in the country.
Sajeeb Wazed wrote on X, “Rahmuna Sara Gazi TV newsroom editor found dead. Her body was recovered from Hatirjheel lake in Dhaka city. This is another brutal attack on freedom of expression in Bangladesh. Gazi TV is a secular news channel owned by Golam Dastagir Gazi who was recently arrested.”
On the day of the incident, Sara had gone to work but when she did not return home at night, her husband declared her dead. somoy news Her husband Saeed Shuvro said this.
Mr. Shuvro received information at around 3 am that Sara had jumped into the waters of Hatirjheel lake. He said that Sara had been expressing her desire to separate from him for some time now.
They had planned to visit the Qazi’s office to finalise the divorce but could not do so due to the current situation in the country. “The circumstances surrounding Sara’s death appear mysterious,” the news channel said.