A 8-year-old child in Faridpur has reportedly taken her own life on Thursday after her poor parents failed to buy her bangles and ribbons ahead of the Eid.
Bithi’s body was recovered around noon from Gohailpara of Bagat union in the district’s Madhukhali upazila.
Her father Samir Sheikh works as a household labourer and her mother is a jute mill worker.
Also read: For an Eid dress only
Bithi has been demanding red bangles and hair ribbons for Eid but her mother told her to wait until the mill pays her wage.
The girl, apparently upset with the refusal, chose to take her life, said her family.
“I promised to get her everything by Eid day. But who knew she wouldn’t wait!” said her mother Asma Begum.
Madhukhali Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Rathindranath Tarafdar said the body was handed over to the family without an autopsy.