Rana Plaza collapse survivor Salma commits suicide

'Salma', a female worker who was miraculously found alive beneath the debris several days after the horrific Rana Plaza building collapse at Savar, has committed suicide, reports bdnews24.com.

Police said the readymade garment worker, who was just 27, hanged herself on Friday morning.

Her body was recovered around 11am from her house in the Bamnar Tek area, at Turag, in Dhaka.

She had been living there with her husband 'Babu' for the last two months.

According to Turag Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Kamal Hossain, "Babu said that Salma had received injuries on the head in the Rana Plaza collapse. Of late, she had been suffering from severe headache. The neighbours, too, said the same thing."

"Babu believes Salma hanged herself because she could not bear the pain any more," he said.

SI Hossain said Salma's body had been sent to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.

Police, however, were investigating the incident, he said.

Babu said he is an assistant to a vehicle driver. Salma worked in a readymade garment factory on the sixth floor of Rana Plaza.

She was found alive several days after the multi-storied building collapsed on April 24 last. She was in hospital for sometime due to critical injuries on her head and other parts of her body.