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A Brazil supporter was found dead at his home in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Monday morning, hours after watching Brazil’s FIFA World Cup match against Norway. Police said the cause of death remains under investigation and there is no evidence so far linking it to the football match.
The deceased, Ratan, son of Hossain Mistri of Poschim Gotria village under Koya union, worked as a mason’s assistant. He is survived by his wife and a two-month-old daughter.
According to family members and police, Ratan watched the Brazil-Norway World Cup match late Sunday night before going to bed in his room.
When he did not wake up the following morning, family members became concerned. Looking through a window, they found him hanging from a scarf. They broke open the door and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Ratan’s father, Hossain Mistri, said his son was a passionate Brazil supporter and appeared disappointed after the team’s defeat. However, he said he could not say whether the loss had any connection with the death or whether there were other reasons behind the incident.
Officer-in-Charge Jamal Uddin of Kumarkhali Police Station said it would be premature to associate the death with Brazil’s World Cup defeat, stressing that the exact cause has not been established.
He said the family and local residents requested that the body be released without an autopsy. As no objection was raised and the required legal procedures were completed, police handed over the body to the family without conducting a post-mortem examination.
Police said the circumstances surrounding the death remain unclear.