2 women commit 'suicide'

UNB, Manikganj
Two women, including a schoolgirl, allegedly committed suicide at Payla and Uttar Khan villages in Shibalaya Upazila on Sunday and Saturday. Police said Kona Akter, 16, a student of class IX and daughter of Abdul Halim of Payla Village took poison at 10am Sunday as her mother rebuked her for watching TV at the time of study. In another incident, Rozina Akter, 25, wife of Arif Hossain of Uttar Khan Village allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her bedroom on Saturday night following a quarrel with her mother-in-law.