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Vol. 4 Num 344 Wed. May 19, 2004  
   
National


Tragic


Mother Anjana Nath, 30, committed suicide after killing her four year-old daughter Sumana at Patihar village under Agailjhara upazila allegedly after a feud with her husband Nikunja Nath.

After the quarrel, Anjana took her daughter to a nearby betel leaf field, Friday evening, poured insecticide into her mouth and herself took it, their relatives told this correspondent at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.

They were brought to the hospital in an unconscious state. They died Saturday morning.

Nikunja is absconding. A case is yet to be filed.