Police recovered the decomposed body of schoolteacher Nurjahan Begum from a locked, garbage-filled room in a house on Road 12, Section 6 of Pallabi, Dhaka, after a call to the national emergency number 999. Locals believe she had died about seven days earlier. Nurjahan, mother of three accomplished children—a government joint secretary, a BUET teacher, and a schoolteacher—was reportedly left unattended and lived in severe neglect. Her daughter Konika allegedly left food outside the locked door without entering the room.

Residents described the house as filthy and foul-smelling, expressing shock and demanding justice. They said Nurjahan had been ill for a long time but received no proper care. Police confirmed that a case has been filed and an investigation is underway. Local sociologists and religious scholars attributed such incidents to a decline in moral and family values, emphasizing the need to restore ethical and religious education.

The incident has cast a shadow of grief over the Pallabi area, with neighbors calling for accountability from the victim’s children.