Domestic help jumps from rooftop of 7-storey bldg
A domestic help was injured seriously after she jumped from the rooftop of a seven-storey building in the city's Maghbazar area yesterday in a bid to commit suicide following alleged torture by her employer.
The victim, Tania Akhter, 18, who works in the house of Mukuli Begum, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in an unconscious state at around 1:00pm by her (Tania) father Bodu Khan, who also works as a security guard of the house.
But she was not found in her hospital bed several hours later.
"Tania jumped from the roof of the house at around 12:30pm as Mukuli Begum beat her up in the morning," said Asma Akhter, another domestic help working in the same house.
Wadud Khan, brother of Tania, told this correspondent, "Tania has been serving in the house for the last three months. She made a phone call to me after she was beaten up."
However, Eliza, daughter of Mukuli Begum, told reporters that Tania jumped from the roof following a quarrel with Asma.
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