Woman takes own life after killing daughter
A woman took her own life after killing her 10-year-old daughter over a family feud in Birampur upazila of the district on Sunday.
The dead were identified as Latifa Akter Sumi, 28, and her daughter Nasrin Akter, of Palimamahmudpur village in the upazila.
Police arrested Tofazzal Hossain, 48, husband of Latifa Akter Sumi, on charge of instigating suicide, said police.
Latifa was a member of the indigenous Santal community, but she converted to Islam and married Tofazzal.
According to the villagers, Tofazzal locked in an altercation with his second wife Sumi over washing a bottle to take milk to sell at a local market on Sunday afternoon.
Later, the husband went out of home.
Latifa first killed her daughter Nasrin by hanging her from the ceiling and later she hung herself from the ceiling with another rope in the evening, said the villagers.
Latifa's mother-in-law Saya Bewa found them hanging from ceiling when she returned home around 7:00pm. Police recovered the bodies around 10.00pm on Sunday and sent to M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Procedure was underway at Birampur Police Station to file a case regarding the incident, said Mokhlesur Rahman, its officer-in-charge.
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