Affair ends in suicide
Two teenagers, who were in love, allegedly committed suicide while an elderly man died of cardiac arrest after seeing the body of his grandson, within a span of twelve hours in Pabna's Santhia upazila.
The victims are Rabiul Islam Russel, 16, son of Siddikur Rahman of Baliakandi village, his grandfather Masud Mollah, and Sadia Akter Ritu, 16, daughter of Abu Sayed of the village.
Quoting locals, police said Russel and Ritu, also students of Class IX at Abdus Sattar High School in the upazila, had been in a relationship for quite some time but none of their families knew about it before their untimely death.
Ritu's parents married her off about three months ago and since then she had been living in her in-laws' house in adjacent Ataikula upazila.
Russel hanged himself from the ceiling of his room on Tuesday evening when he came to know that Ritu had come to visit her parents' house.
Seeing Russel's body, his grandfather Masud felt severe chest pain and was taken to Santhia Upazila Health Complex where he died around 9:00pm the same night.
Meanwhile, after hearing news of Russel's death, Ritu went to her room and later she also hanged herself from the ceiling of the room early Wednesday.
Officer-in-Charge of Santhia Police Station Hasan Enam said they recovered the bodies from their respective houses and sent those to Pabna General Hospital for autopsy on Wednesday.
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