
Md Selim, sub-inspector (SI) of the DMCH police outpost, said the body was found around 10:30am in a bathroom between wards 110 and 111.
According to police and hospital sources, a cleaner found the woman's body hanging from a water pipe while cleaning the bathroom.
The cleaner then informed hospital authorities, who notified the Shahbag Police Station.
SI Md Selim said cleaners found the woman hanging from a water pipe around 10:30am and informed the police outpost.
Police went to the spot and informed Shahbag Police Station, but its officials had not arrived there yet, reports UNB.
The woman had a cut on one of her hands, which caused bleeding, he said.
It was not yet clear whether she was killed or committed suicide, the police official added.