Two housewives kill themselves
Two housewives allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves in the capital's Jatrabari and Mirpur areas yesterday.
In an incident, Rahela Begum, 20, wife of Shamsul Haque of Jatrabari, hanged herself from a ceiling fan in her room around 10:00am following a family feud, said Mazharul Islam, inspector for investigation at Jatrabari Police Station.
Quoting relatives of Rahela, Mazharul said, “Abuses by her husband and his family members might provoke her to commit suicide.”
Nasima Begum, elder sister of Rahela, told The Daily Star that private car driver Shamsul married to Rahela five years back. But Shamsul used to beat her regularly for various reasons.
“Shamsul made a phone call to me yesterday night [Friday night], and said that he will divorce Rahela as he can not tolerate her. This morning, I came to know that my sister committed suicide,” she said.
“Shamsul may provoke my sister to commit suicide,” she added.
Nasima filed a suicide provocation case accusing Shamsul, his brother Mahbubul Haque and their mother Parul Begum with Jatrabari Police Station in this connection.
Police arrested Parul while the other accused went into hiding after the incident.
Meanwhile, Jesmin Aktar of Mirpur-6 area allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ventilator of her bathroom following a family feud.
Police said a small shop owner Anwar Hossain married Jesmin about six years back.
Maniruzzaman, sub-inspector (SI) at Mirpur Police Station, said that Jesmin might commit suicide following a family feud on Friday night.
Quoting Anwar, the SI said, “Jesmin wanted to work at a garment factory, but her husband did not allow her to work there leading the feud between the husband and wife.”
An unnatural death case was filed with Mirpur Police Station in this connection.
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