Two persons were killed in separate traffic accidents while two young girls allegedly committed suicide in the city on Thursday.
Bilkis Akhter, 17, daughter of Abdus Sattar, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at Begunbari in Tejgaon area.
Quoting the victim’s family members, the police said Bilkis had committed suicide after a row with her sister-in-law, Shahnaj Akhter, 22, over family matters at around 3:00pm on the day.
Police arrested Shahnaj in this connection.
The police sent the body to the DMCH morgue for post-mortem examination.
At Gulshan, a 19-year-old garment worker allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan early Thursday.
The deceased, Rozina Akhter, of Hijla under Barisal district, was a worker of Beauty Garments in the area.
Rozina’s family said she had killed herself after an altercation with her husband, Shah Paran.
The Gulshan police sent the body to the DMCH morgue for post-mortem examination. Shah Paran went into hiding after the incident.
Mehedi Hassan, 16, son of Suruj Mia, of Sutrapur, was killed in a traffic accident at Shahbagh at around 8:30am on the day.
Witnesses said a bus had knocked him down while he was crossing the road at around 12:30am. Mehedi Hassan died on the spot.
The police sent the body to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.
A 35-year-old unidentified man was killed in another traffic accident at Azampur in Uttara area.
Uttara police sub-inspector Saiful Islam said that several vehicles ran over him one after another while he was crossing the road at around 5:30am.
The body was sent to DMCH for post-mortem examination.
Unnatural death cases were filed with respective police stations in connection with the incidents.
-With New Age input
