A student of class X allegedly comitted suicide by hanging herself on Monday at Baburhat in Chandpur 'as her family refused to let her marry the boy she had an affair with'.

The deceased was Karima Aktar,16, a student of Baburhat High School and daughter of Kamal Hossain Mal, of ward-14 in Chandpur municipality.

Karima’s father Kamal Hossain said in the morning they found Karima’s room locked from inside for a longtime and thetstarted calling her.

Getting no reply, they broke open the door and found her body hanging from the ceiling.

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Kamal Hossain said his daughter was upset for a few days as they refused  to let her marry the boy she had chosen as she was too young and the boy was a drug addict.

Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Inspector (intelligence) of Chandpur Model police station saidinformed by the family they recovered the body and sent it for an autopsy.

He said they have collected some papers as evidence from Karima’s room.