Two girls 'commit suicide' in city

Two minor girls allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents at the capital's Tejgaon Shilpanchal and Adabor yesterday.
They are Sharmin Akhter, 12, daughter of Abdus Sattar of Begunbari, and Shukhi, 10, daughter of Anwar Hossain of Adabor.
Tejgaon Shilpanchal police recovered Sharmin's body around 11:30am. She was hanging from a ceiling fan at their house, said Sub-Inspector Abdur Rahim.
After post-mortem, sources at Dhaka Medical College morgue said Sharmin had killed herself.
Quoting family members, SI Rahim said Sharmin was home alone after her sister and mother went to work in the morning. Seeing her hanging from the fan, neighbours called her mother around 10:30am.
Neither police nor any of the family members could say what drove the girl to “suicide”.
At Adabor, 10-year-old Shukhi hanged herself in front of her three-year-old brother. Her parents, who are garment workers, were not at home, said Sub-Inspector Ramzan Ali of Adabor Police Station.
Family members claimed Shukhi had committed suicide, as she could no longer bear the pain she had been suffering from a stomach illness for the last two years.
Neighbours told police that the family could not afford proper treatment for the girl and was relying on quacks.