Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a Jagannath University (JnU) student, who was found hanging in a rented room in Old Dhaka's Sutrapur area yesterday evening.

Sutrapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Saiful Islam confirmed the arrest of Yasin Majumdar, 23.

The victim, Prattasha Majumdar Othoi, was a student of JnU's music department from the 2022–23 academic session.

The OC, citing the statement of the case filed by the victim's father, said that Yasin knew the victim since school, and was allegedly harassing her for a long time.

In the case statement, the victim's father alleged that Yasin had followed the victim to Dhaka and took a job as a waiter at a restaurant, the OC added.

Yasin had allegedly continued to harass her, and later "manipulated" her into a relationship, he said.

According to the OC, the victim was returning from a music rehearsal at the university yesterday evening when Yasin allegedly verbally abused her on the way and tried to stop her from participating in the event.

Later, her body was found hanging from a ceiling fan inside her room, he said.

The victim was taken to the National Medical Institute by Yasin and a few others before being transferred to Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, where on-duty doctors declared her dead, said OC Saiful Islam.

"The man who brought her to the hospital was taken into custody due to suspicious circumstances," he added.

The victim's father, said, "I believe my daughter died by suicide between 5:00pm and 7:00pm. I rushed to Dhaka from Chattogram after hearing the news from her classmates."

OC Saiful Islam said, "We have arrested the accused and sent him to court. Legal procedures are underway."