Dhaka, March 23 -- A young schoolteacher has fallen to her death from a rooftop in the capital's Bhatara while trying to rescue her pet cat, which had been missing overnight.

The victim, identified as Banya D'Costa, was a teacher at a local missionary school, bdnews24.com reports.

The incident occurred on Monday morning at a residential building in the Sayeednagar B Block.

According to police, Banya and her husband Shovon Palma had been searching for their pet since it went missing on Sunday night.

After an unsuccessful search in the dark, Banya went back up to the roof on Monday morning to continue looking.

Bhatara Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Kamruzzaman, quoting the victim's husband, said Banya spotted the cat on the cornice of an ad...