Girl 'kills herself' on wedding day defying forced marriage
A girl allegedly committed suicide on what was supposed to be her wedding day yesterday, as her parents set up an arranged marriage for her against her will in Shajahanpur upazila in Bogra.
The deceased was Istiwara Khatun Mira, 17, daughter of Mohosin Pramanik of Shoilodhuki village in the upazila.
Quoting family, police said Mira was to marry one Jewel Mia of Bogra town, but she was in a relationship with Mojnu Mia, son of a day labourer. She committed suicide as her parents did not accept her relationship with Monju and wanted to marry her off to Jewel.
Talking to The Daily Star, Hasena Begum, Mira's aunt, said they did not accept the relationship because they wanted better for Mira than to for her to be married to be a day labourer's son.
She said they found Mira's body hanging from the ceiling of her bedroom yesterday morning.
Abdul Mannan, officer-in-charge of Shajahanpur Police Station, said an unnatural death case was filed in this connection.
The body was sent to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital for an autopsy, said the OC, adding that they would further investigate into the matter.
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