A couple from Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria committed suicide on Sunday night due to poverty.
Al Amin (25) and his wife Zarina Begum (20) took 鈥楰erry tablets鈥� together. Their family members found them at around 10:00pm and rushed them to the 250-bed General Hospital of Brahmanbaria, where Zarina died in the emergency department. Later, Al Amin also passed away around 1:00am.
Zarina鈥檚 brother Anwar Hossain told reporters poverty was a constant in his sister鈥檚 family. Al Amin actually sold the easy bike which he had bought in installments a few days ago. Poverty had fed the marital strife they started facing. And thus out of this sadness, anger and frustration they decided to take this drastic step together, added Zarina鈥檚 brother.
The deceased couple left behind a son and a daughter in their family.
Ashuganj police station officer-in-charge Mohammad Billal Hossain said, the suicide occurred due to poverty and mental distress. The police have been sent to the hospital. Their bodies have been kept in the hospital morgue.
The deaths cast a shroud of grief over the area and the family.
