Woman 'kills' daughter before 'committing suicide'

An indigenous woman allegedly committed suicide after killing her nine-month-old daughter following a quarrel with her husband in Bhujpur of Fatikchhari upazila in Chittagong on Sunday night.

The deceased were Kansu Tripura, 28, and her daughter Nupur Rani Tripura.

Police said Kansu's husband Ropan Tripura, a day labourer, allegedly beat her up in the evening. When he went outside home in Hazarikhil village Kansu took insecticides after she had poured some into Nupur's mouth.