Prisoner commits 'suicide'
An under trial female accused at Mymensingh Central Jail allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her cell's toilet yesterday noon. The woman was identified as Salema Khatun, 35, wife of Abdul Barek of village Daribree in Iswarganj upazila of the district. Salema hanged herself from the ceiling of her cell's toilet using her scarf at around 12:50 pm, said Shafiqul Islam Khan, superintendent of Mymensingh Central Jail. Contacted, Iswarganj police said Salema, a mother of three children, got married with Abdul Barek, a small farmer of village Daribree several years ago. Salema allegedly eloped with a youth on May 8 this year. When Barek lodged a complaint with Iswarganj police station, police arrested Salema and her lover Azizul Haque from Tarakanda in Phulpur upazila on May 27. Later a court sent them to jail.
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