Police in Shahrasti, Chandpur recovered the hanging body of Jubo League leader Nazmun Nahar Swapna, aged 33, from a rented apartment in the Doabhanga area on Monday morning. The body was found on the fifth floor of the New Life Hospital building, where she had rented a two-room flat four days earlier. Local residents said her children were at home at the time of the incident. Police have begun an investigation to determine the cause of death.

Swapna, originally from Banglaish village in Monoharganj upazila of Cumilla, had contested the last upazila parishad election for the post of female vice-chairman with the “Kolosh” symbol. Family sources said she had been married three times, with her most recent marriage to expatriate Russell Chowdhury Raju from Krishnapur village. She had previously run a ladies’ tailoring shop and later a beauty parlor in Khila Bazar.

The Shahrasti Model Police Station officer-in-charge said the incident is being treated as a case of recovering a hanging body, and the actual cause will be confirmed after autopsy and investigation.