A 15-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide in her house in
Pabna on Thursday as her parents could not buy her a dress for Eid-ul-Azha.
The deceased was identified as Lata Khatun, a ninth grade student of Pachuria Muktijoddha Adarsha High School and daughter of Rowshan Ali from Bara Dahapara village of Pachuria union.
Her father Rowshan Ali said, “We could only buy a dress for Lata’s brother Nayan this Eid due to financial constraints. Probably, my daughter was hurt and hanged herself from the ceiling around 9pm.”
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Both Lata’s parents went to meet their another daughter, Shathi Khatun, when Nayan found her sister hanging from the ceiling, said Md jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Chatmohar police station.
A case of unnatural death has been filed in this regard, he said.