<p><b>Raudha Athif</b>, a successful Maldivian model and second-year medical student, was found dead Wednesday afternoon (March 29).</p>

<p>The 21-year-old reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself via a scarf she owned. Athif was on the cover of <i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BL0vSwxj7Rp/?taken-by=raudhaathif" target="_blank">Vogue India</a></i> last October and was widely known as the ?Maldivian Girl With Aqua Blue Eyes.? At the time, she told the magazine that modeling was only a hobby and that she wanted to become a doctor.</p> <p>Police recovered Athif?s body around midday after her classmates found her lifeless. She was in her Bank Medical College dorm room in Rajshahi City, according to the <a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/maldives-model-found-dead-rajshahi-hostel-1383475"><i>Daily Star</i></a>.</p> <p><b>Mahmuda Begum</b>, the dorm?s superintendent, described the young model as always looking happy and noted ?it is hard to believe she would commit suicide.? She later described her experience of what happened.</p> <p>?I was in my chamber. Suddenly, I heard screams of my students,? said Begum. ?Rushing to the second floor of this six-story building, I saw some of the students trying to break the door of Athif's room.?</p> <p>An autopsy should be able to confirm how Athif died. Currently it?s thought of as a suicide by local police. ?We primarily suspect it is a suicide case. However, we can't come to any conclusion until we get the autopsy report,? said <b>Zillur Rahman</b>, the officer-in-charge of the discovered death. </p> <p>Our thoughts are with Raudha Athif?s family during this very trying time.</p>

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