A 37-year-old woman, identified as Rukaya Alhassan, has been found dead in her room at Kasoa 95 in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region in what is suspected to be a suicide by hanging.
The incident was discovered by her 11-year-old daughter, who reportedly found her mother hanging from a ceiling fan with a piece of decorative fabric around her neck.
The distressed child raised the alarm, prompting neighbours and other co-tenants to rush to the room. They reportedly cut her down and attempted to save her, but she was later pronounced dead.
Preliminary information suggests that the deceased may have been experiencing emotional distress.
The Assembly Member for the Kasoa New Town Electoral Area and an uncle of the deceased, Abdul Wahab, told the media that some audio messages exchanged between Rukaya and her husband, who is based abroad, had been retrieved.
According to him, the recordings indicate that the deceased had been appealing to her husband to return home and had allegedly threatened to harm herself if he failed to do so.
Her husband, in response, reportedly urged her not to take her life and reminded her of their young daughter.
However, questions have emerged over the circumstances surrounding the death.
The Awutu Senya East Municipal Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Nash Nyandey, said observations at the scene had raised suspicions of possible foul play.
He therefore called for a thorough investigation to establish exactly what led to the woman’s death.
The police have since taken custody of the body and commenced investigations to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.
