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Teenage girl commits 'suicide'

Our Correspondent, Nilphamari
A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide in a remote village in Sadar upazila by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room on Monday afternoon as her father rebuked her over a family matter. Victim Lipi Bala Roy, 13, was daughter of Annadas Chandra Roy of Berakuti Barua village. Police and local sources informed that the victim's father rebuked the girl at about noon. At about 6:30pm, when other members of the family were busy otherwise, Lipi closed the door of her room from inside and committed suicide. Being informed, police from Sadar PS went to the spot and recovered the body and sent it to Nilphamari 100-bed hospital for autopsy.