Woman dies ‘by suicide’
A woman died early yesterday, allegedly by setting fire to herself, in Chatmohar upazila.
Quoting family members, Chatmohar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sheikh Md Nasir Uddin said before igniting the fire, Sharmin Akter, 22, daughter of Abu Sayeed from Charaikola Pashchimpara, poured kerosene on herself outside her house.
Her sister Shanta Khatun said Sharmin had been suffering from mental illness since her two-year-long marriage with her husband ended in divorce last year.
All family members were fast asleep early in the morning when Sharmin went out of the house, she added.
Police sent the body to Pabna Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC also said.
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