Woman kills self, two kids
A woman allegedly took own life after poisoning her two children to death at Kaiba Digha village in Jashore’s Sharsha upazilla early yesterday.
Hamida’s brother Abdul Kalam claimed that the incident took place as the woman’s husband could not afford to buy new clothes for the children ahead of Eid.
The deceased were Hamida Khatun, 30, wife of tea vendor Ibrahim of the village, her school going daughter Sharifa Khatun, 11, and son Sohan Hossain, 4.
Quoting family members, Firoj Ahmed Tinku, chairman of Kaiba Union Parishad, said Hamida killed herself and her two children after having a quarrel with Ibrahim over the inability to buy the children new clothes for Eid.
Whether Hamida’s death was suicide or murder will be known only after getting the postmortem report, said Moshiur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sharsha Police Station.
Police arrested three people, including Ibrahim’s parents, in connection with the incident, said the OC.
A case was filed in this connection, said the police official.
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