Girl dies by suicide in Rajshahi
A student of class 10 committed suicide last night after she was allegedly raped in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila on February 16.
The girl, 15, was from the district's Charghat upazila and the accused, Jamiul Islam Joy, 23, son of Aslam Uddin of Baneshwar in Puthia upazila, was a third-year student of Rajshahi College, said police.
Prior to raping her in Baneshwar on February 16, Joy had promised the minor that he would marry her before, reports our RU correspondent quoting Ifte Khair Alam, additional superintendent of police (ASP) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police.
The girl tried to convince the accused to marry her but he refused, the police official said. She then took poison and died today at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital while undergoing treatment.
ASP Ifte Khair said an unnatural death (UD) case is underway in this connection. He, however, said they would take action if the family members files any case regarding the incident.
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