Four teenage girls committed suicide by hanging at Hazaribagh, Tejgaon, Mohammadpur and Lalbagh in the capital yesterday.
The dead are Tamalika Poddar, 14, a student of class VII of Hazaribagh; Sharmin Akter, 15, a student of class IX of Tejgaon; Faizunnessa Lima, 18, a college student of Mohammadpur; and Rina Akter, 14, a maid at Eden Mohila College hostel.
Tamalika’s mother found her hanging from a ceiling fan around 10:30am.
Her father Bimol Poddar said his wife scolded Tamalika on Tuesday over her reluctance to religious practice.
Sharmin was found hanging around 12:30am.
Her father Osman Gani called the police finding their door locked from inside. The police broke open the door and recovered her body.
He, however, could not say why his daughter killed herself.
Lima, who was a student of Lalmatia College, hanged herself yesterday evening. Her family could not ascertain the reason behind her killing herself.
Lalbagh police filed an unnatural death case in connection with Rina’s death.
Courtesy of The Daily Star
