A female physician died falling from the roof of a house at New Baily Road in the city, yesterday afternoon.
The victim was identified as Dr Tania Rashid, 35, wife of Dr Masud Reza, a resident of Nao Ratan Colony at New Baily Road.
Dr Tania, who worked at Popular Diagnostic Centre, might have slipped and fell from the roof of the five storey building at Nao Ratan Colony at around 4pm while she was collecting
dry cloths, sub-inspector Shafiul of Ramna Police Station told BSS.
She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the on-duty doctors declared her dead shortly afterwards.
Tania with his sister Seherun Rashid and only child Sadik Reza, 9, was residing at Nao Ratan Colony. Her husband Dr Masud stays in Barisal working as a doctor of Barisal Medical College Hospital, he said.
Filing of a case is underway in this regard, police said.