Two girls commit 'suicide'

Two girls allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents at Amlapara in the district town and Deghol Beltoli village in Shahjadpur upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Happy, 23, a domestic help at the house of one Minatullah in the town and Phuljan, 26, daughter of Kurban Ali of Deghol Beltoli village. Police said locals found the body of Happy hanging from the ceiling fan of a room on the second floor of the house at night and informed them. The law enforcers went to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy. The reason behind the suicide could not be known as of yesterday. In another incident, Phuljan allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room following a quarrel with her mother. Later, police recovered the body and sent it to the hospital morgue for autopsy.