4 killed in four months
A female student of Rajshahi University committed suicide by jumping into a pond inside her hall of residence on the campus on Friday night.
The diseased was Umme Habiba Mimi, a second-year student of marketing and resident of Taposhi Rabeya Hall.
Her roommates on Saturday told New Age that she had been depressed after breaking up with her boy friend.
She went out with her boy friend on Friday afternoon and returned dejected to the hall about 8:00pm, they added.
She went out of her room about 10:00pm and jumped into the pond inside the hall, they said.
Some of her friends later rescued and sent her to the university medical centre. She was sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, as her condition deteriorated, where she was pronounced dead.
The Motijhar police officer-in-charge, Akbar Ali, told New Age that an unnatural death case had been filed. The body was sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
The event took to six suicide attempts on the campus in which two survived.
Nishat Farhat Tumpa, a first-year student of fine arts and border of the Paragon Female Students’ Dormitory at Hetem Khan in the city, committed suicide on March 28.
Ashiqur Rahman, a master’s student of accounting and information, was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on March 15 after he had tried to burn himself.
He set himself on fire after pouring kerosene on the roof of Rabindra Bhaban. His friends said that he was having trouble with her girl friend.
Kabita Rani, a physics student, was having a hard time with her boy friend, committed suicide on March 10, her friends said.
The same day, a fourth-year student of philosophy tried to commit suicide by taking overdose of sleeping pills over a similar matter, his friends told New Age.
Sahakul Islam, a second-year student of public administration, committed suicide by taking poison on March 8. His family and fellows said that he had a troubled relationship with his girl friend.
-With New Age input
