Maldives police on Thursday urged media against spreading speculation over the death of Maldivian student and model Raudha Athif.
Raudha was found dead at a dormitory of Islami Bank Medical College in Rajshahi on March 29.
Though it was initially believed to be suicide, the 21 year old's parents have continued to claim foul play which has led to intense public and media speculation over her death.
Maldives police had dispatched two senior police officers to Bangladesh to assist the investigation.
Police on Twitter said the intense media speculation over Raudha's death has impeded the investigation.
Amin Hossain, assistant commissioner of RMP Detective Branch was quoted by Bangladesh's Dhaka Tribune having said they had been looking into the incident keeping in mind that Raudha could have been murdered.
“There is a 50% chance that she did not commit suicide,” he added.
Her mobile phone and laptop has been sent to the Criminal Investigation Department in Dhaka for further scrutiny, he added.
Raudha's parents meanwhile have continued to insist that their daughter could not commit suicide.
“My daughter cannot commit suicide. She was murdered,” he told reporters on Tuesday following a meeting with two visiting Maldivian police officers at Rajshahi Parjatan Motel.
According to local media reports the Maldivian police officials also met with Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) officials and the medical college authorities. They spoke with the students as well.
They also visited Raudha’s room at the women’s dormitory and examined the doors, windows and other implements of her room.
Question marks have been raised over the validity of Raudha's autopsy and college while new suspicions also surround a classmate of the victim.
Local media reports indicated that the police were now examining the mobile phone of one of the victim's classmates.
Raudha's mother Aminath Muharrimath alleged that the same girl had mixed sleeping pills in Raudha's juice weeks before her death.
“Raudha used to study with her usually, but one night she told me that she was studying alone. After I asked her what had happened, she told me that she doesn't trust her anymore,” Muharrimath had told Daily Star.
Two years ago, while experimenting with her pictures on social media she became a sensation in the country as the ‘Maldivian Girl With Aqua Blue Eyes’.
The picture landed her on the cover of Vogue along with five other women from South Asia.
