Four young women aged 16-22 tried to take their own lives Thursday in the face of the torture and abuse they face in Sylhet Training and Rehabilitation Centre run by the Social Service Department. Koli Begum, 21, Popy Aktar, 22, Suhada Aktar Tonny, 16, and Sultana Aktar Liza, 22, all come from socially handicapped backgrounds. Read:Woman poisons daughter, commits suicide in Jashore They tried to commit suicide by slitting their wrists at the rehabilitation center in Khadimnagar area around 2 pm. The authorities rushed them to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital immediately after rescuing them in injured condition. All four of them are being treated at the hospital currently. According to the girls' own testimony, they could no longer bear the torture they faced from trainer and storekeeper Delwar Hossain and office assistant Anwara Begum. Koli said they were being physically and mentally tortured by those two staffers at the center, with Anwara even hitting them with shoes. Read:Couple commits suicide in Chattogram On Thursday morning, Delwar Hossain scolded and bathmouthed them once again over some food issue. "Unable to tolerate that anymore, we decided to attempt suicide,” Koli said.  Incredibly, they informed how a few days ago another girl had actually succeeded in killing herself. Delwar had scolded them over the food arrangements for the funeral of the dead girl, that will be held Friday. The callous Delwar said those trainees had cut their wrists on several occasions before too. "It has become a habit for them," he told UNB.  “Five days back I was appointed in-charge of the store before that Anwara Begum had the responsibility. I told the trainees only that there is no extra budget for the funeral ceremony and they have to do with what’s there in the store,” he said on the incident from Thursday morning. Read:Nanny at state-run orphanage suffocated 2-month-old to death: CCTV Meanwhile, Assistant Manager of the Center Lutfor Rahman and accused staff Anwara couldn’t be contacted. Earlier on July 22, a nanny killed a two-month old infant at another Social Services Dept facility, an orphanage named 'Chhotomoni Nibas'. in Bagbari of Sylhet city.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has formed a three-member panel to probe the murder of a two-month-old child in the state-run orphanage, ‘Chotomoni Nibas’, in Sylhet. Headed by the director of the Commission, district and sessions judge Mohammad Ashraful Alam, the other members of the committee are the commission's deputy director Mohammad Gazi Salah Uddin and executive magistrate at Sylhet deputy commissioner's office, Rehena Akter. Post-questioning of some people in connection with the case, judge Ashraful said on Tuesday night: “Already police have filed a case in this connection and a staffer of the orphanage also gave a confessional statement in the court." Read: Nanny confesses to killing infant at state-run orphanage in Sylhet “We are here to check any kind of negligence on the part of the authorities concerned and investigate the crime. We will submit our report soon," he added. Sultana Ferdousi Siddiqa, employed by the department of social services as a nanny, gave her statement after police produced her before Sylhet Metropolitan Court's magistrate Saifur Rahman on August 14. Sultana was arrested in connection with the case filed at Kotwali police station on a complaint from sub-inspector Mahbubul Alam Mandal on August 14.

The accused staffer of a state-run orphanage- ‘Chotomoni Nibas’ in Sylhet- has given a confessional statement in the murder case of a two-month-old infant  Friday. Sultana Ferdousi Siddiqa, employed by  the Department of Social Services as a nanny, gave her statement after police produced her before Sylhet Metropolitan Court of magistrate Saifur Rahman and prayed for remand, said officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station SM Abu Farhad. On Friday, Sultana was arrested in a murder case filed by Sub-inspector of the police station Mahbubul Alam Mandal. Also read: Nanny at state-run orphanage suffocated 2-month-old to death: CCTV Chhotomoni Nibas is a state-run orphanage located in Bagbari of Sylhet city run by the Department of Social Services. According to police sources, closed-circuit camera footage of July 22 captured the disturbing footage of Sultana throwing the crying infant, Nabil Ahmed, out of his bed before shockingly suffocating him to death with a pillow. Later, she tried to destroy the evidence of the murder with the help of other staffs and officials of the orphanage, said police. On July 24 , a case of Unnatural Death  was filed at the police station to cover up the incident. The murder of Nabil was buried with his body after a post-mortem. On August 12, the case called attention of Deputy-Commissioner of SMP Azbahar Ali Sheikh and he immediately rushed to the orphanage with OC Abu Farhad and investigation officer of the case SI Mahbub. Also read: Four children drown on Eid day As the incident of murder became evident from the CCTV footage, DC immediately asked to arrest the nanny. Police said legal action will be taken against the authorities of the orphanage upon investigation as they were also involved in hiding the murder. However, deputy director of Sylhet Social Service department Nibas Dash claimed no one tried to hide the murder as Sultana was immediately removed from her post, and a case was filed with the police station to investigate the matter. The CCTV footage was also salvaged and handed to police, he said. Director of the department Shandip Kumar Singha said finding  the involvement of the nanny in a primary investigation, a report was sent to Dhaka office for taking action against her. Identity of orphan Nabil OC SM Abu Farhad said on June 12 Gowainghat station police handed over the then one month old orphan to Chotomoni Nibas, after he was born to a mentally ill homeless woman. At the orphanage, he was named Nabil Ahmed and nanny Sultana Ferdousi Siddiqa was given the responsibility of taking care of him. On the morning of July 23, Nabil was found dead in his bed.