A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in Uttar Badda area of Dhaka on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Ava Akter Ava,13, a student of class V of Satarkul High School and daughter of Mohon Molla of Balakandi village of Sokhipur Upazila in Shariatpur district.
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According to family, Ava took her life after an altercation with her younger brother Abid, 10, over a trifling matter.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for an autopsy, said DMCH police outpost in-charge Md Bacchu Mia.