A college student was found dead at National Botanical Garden in Dhaka's Mirpur yesterday.

The youth was identified as Shaheen, 18, a student of BAF Shaheen College, said Anwar Hossein, officer-in-charge (OC) of Shah Ali Police Station.

“A staffer of the botanical garden called us over phone around 5:30pm and said there was a body lying in the bushes,” said Anwar Hossein.

Police rushed the boy to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. A cell phone was also recovered from his possession, which was used to contact his family and identify him, the OC said.

There were no injury marks on his body or signs of struggle, police said. However, the cause of death was yet to be ascertained.

Shaheen had left the house at around 11:00am, Anwar Hossain quoted family members as saying, adding that they said he had been mentally disturbed lately.

His body was sent to the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College morgue for autopsy.

No case was filed until last night in this connection. However, police said more about his death may be known after receiving the autopsy report, and a case might be filed after it is available.