Youth commits 'suicide'

An expatriate youth took his own life by taking poison at Shantinogar village in Dorshona municipality area under Damurhuda upazila of the district on Monday evening. The youth was identified as Abdur Rahman Asad, 25 son of Namizuddin of village Shantinogar of the upazila. Quoting family members, police said Abdur Rahman Asad had been living in Kuwait for the last three years. Recently he returned to his village home and a marriage proposal to a girl of his village. Being refused, he took poison at his room at noon. Later, the family members rescued him in critical condition and took him to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital where he died at 7pm.