A case has been filed over the death of an employee who fell from the roof of a multi-storey building of the garment factory 'Sharmin Group' located in Narsinghpur area of ​​Ashulia.

Relatives allege that Unable to bear the physical and mental torture of the factory authorities, senior merchandiser Md. Jamal Uddin committed suicide by jumping from the roof.

Ashulia Police Station OC Mohammad Tariqul Islam said that on Thursday morning, the deceased's brother, Iskandar Ali, filed a case alleging abetment to suicide.

Sharmin Group's Managing Director (MD) Ismail Hossain (65) and his son Sharaf Hossain (35), the company's director, have been named as accused in the case.

The deceased was 38-year-old Jamal Uddin, son of Sekandar Ali Khan of Uttar Purbaria area of ​​Gazipur Sadar Police Station.

The plaintiff in the case, Iskandar Ali Khan, said, "Jamal had been working as a senior merchandiser at Sharmin Group for a long time. He joined the workplace at around 8 am on October 14. An hour and a half later, at around 9:30 am, the factory called my mother Kohinoor Begum and informed her that Jamal had fallen from the eighth floor of the company's building. He has been taken to the hospital."

"Upon receiving the news, the relatives quickly rushed to the Ashulia Women and Children's Hospital next to the factory. There, they found Jamal dead. From the beginning, there was confusion and suspicion about the role of the factory authorities due to the nature of the incident and the way in which the news was reported."

Police later recovered the body and sent it to the morgue of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in the capital for an autopsy, Iskandar said.

He alleged, "The factory authorities mistreated and mentally tortured my brother, forcing him to commit suicide by jumping from the eighth floor of the factory building. For the past few days, unpleasant incidents had been happening to him inside the factory. He had also informed his wife Sabikun Nahar about this on his mobile phone."

OC Mohammad Tariqul Islam said that the case will be investigated and further necessary action will be taken.