Father, daughter 'commit suicide for justice'

Depressed about not getting justice, a man with his eight-year-old daughter allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train in Gazipur yesterday, claimed the family.

The bodies of Hazrat Ali, 45, a farmer, and his adopted daughter Ayesha Khatun, of Karnapur Sitpara village, were found near the rail tracks at Sreepur Railway Station, said Shahjahan Mian, station master of Sreepur, who also suspected that the two might have taken their own lives by jumping before a train of Teesta Express.

Hazrat's wife Halima Begum said her husband and Ayesha set off for Sreepur Bazar around 8:00am and after sometime, she heard the news.

Halima claimed that their only child Ayesha was sexually abused by a neighbor some three months ago. Hazrat informed the matter to Goshinga Union Parishad member Abul Hossain but he did not take any step which depressed her husband.

However, Abul claimed that he was not informed about any such incident. Police yesterday evening detained Abul for interrogation.

The bodies were sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsies