Police recovered the body of a child from her home in Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia. The girl supposedly took her own life as she didn't get a desired Eid dress.
The deceased was identified as Rehena Khatun (10), a student of class 3 in Chapra Government Primary School.
According to police and locals, deceased Rehena’s father Rashidul Sheikh is a poor day labourer in Chapra, who works in other people’s fields to maintain his family.
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Rehena, like any other children, demanded a new dress for the upcoming Eid, but her poor family was forced to deny her.
Hurt by the denial, Rehena supposedly hanged herself from the ceiling on Friday night.
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Kumarkhali police station’s Officer-in-Charge Mojibur Rahman said the child’s body was recovered on Saturday and sent for an autopsy.
A case of unnatural death has been filed in this connection, the OC said.