Mother, son commit suicide
A woman along with her five-year-old son allegedly committed suicide in Pashchim Nayapara area of the district town on Sunday.
The deceased are Salma Begum, 40, wife of Saudi expatriate Noor Alam, and her son Fasbir Ahmed Jian of Dewanpara area in the town.
Police and family sources said Noor Alam, who has been staying in Saudi Arabia for three years, did not send money to his wife for several months.
Due to this, Salma along with her two sons fell in monetary troubles to maintain the family.
Salma along with Jian went out of the house around 10:30am to buy some necessary items from different shops in the town on credit but the shop owners did not agree to sell their products without cash money.
It upset the housewife, said Alauddin, officer-in-charge of Jamalpur Railway Police Station.
Later, Salma along with her son committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train in the area around 4:30pm.
On information, police rushed to the spot, recovered the bodies and sent them to Jamalpur General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
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