<i>Six girls allegedly take their lives in three districts</i>
Six girls have allegedly committed suicide in Sunamganj, Pabna and Jessore districts.
Two girls allegedly took their lives in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj district early yesterday, reports our staff correspondent in Sylhet.
Police recovered the bodies of Shefa Begum, 19, daughter of late Abdul Towahed, and Rita Rani Das, 20, daughter of Ramdhan Das at Goragaon village, four kilometres off the upazila town.
Locals said, family members of Shefa and Rita, who were close friends, found them hanging from a tree branch on the bank of a river near their houses at about 8:30am.
On information, police recovered the bodies at about 9am and sent those to Sunamganj Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
The reason behind the suicide could not be known immediately. Police quoting family members said that hours before the incident both the girls were seen in gaily and cheerful mood and singing together.
But in the early morning both went out of their houses and committed suicide together.
In Pabna, three girls allegedly committed suicide in Atghoria and Chatmohar upazilas on Saturday and Sunday, reports our correspondent.
The deceased are Nazma Khatun, 25, daughter of Nazrul Islam of village Kalamnagar in Atghoria upazila, also a student of Honours third year at Pabna Edward College, Jannatul Fardous Shima, 17, daughter of Hassan Ali of village Miahpara in Atghoria upazila also HSC student and Rashida Khatun, 12, daughter of Saran Ali of village Haripur Dharoil in Chatmohar upazila.
Officer in-charge of Atghoria police station Md. Monirul Islam said Nazma took poison on Sunday at her residence while Shima hanged herself in her room on Saturday night. They committed suicide due to family feuds, the OC said.
Officer in-charge of Chatmohar police station Md. Habibul Islam said, Rashida committed suicide by hanging herself in her room on Saturday night after an altercation with her mother in the evening.
In Jessore, a schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Burulia village in Keshabpur upazila of the district on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Sonia Khatun, 10, a Class IV student of Burulia Government Primary School and daughter of Matiar Rahman Sheikh of the village.
Locals said Sonia took poison at about 11:30 pm in a huff after neighbour Chhabi Begum accused her of stealing a hook.
She was rushed to a local Clinic where attending doctor declared her dead.
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