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College student commits suicide jumping off roof in city
College
student commits suicide jumping off roof in city
A young woman
reportedly committed suicide by jumping off a six-storey building in Mirpur
DOHS area in the capital on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased was
identified as Afroza Akhter Mimi, 21, daughter of Afsar Uddin, hailed from
Charmondal village under Laxmipur Sadar upazila. She was a first year student
at Computer Science and Engineering Department in Mirpur Polytechnic Institute
and used to live with her family in a rented house of the area.
According to the deceased's family, Mimi always wanted to work in film industry
and came in contact with a director through a social media. The director then,
made an affair and got married with her by making only an affidavit and
promising that he will make her a film-star.
He, then, forcibly
violated Afroza. When she got pregnant, the director forced her for abortion.
After being informed,
the victim's father lodged a case with Pallabi Police Station against him and
he was sent to jail following a court order. He returned from jail getting bail
by Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-8, and then, he started harassing
the victim's family on various ways.
On Sunday afternoon,
Mimi jumped from the roof of her house after being frustrated by the overall
situation and was critically injured.
Police rescued her and
took to Kurmitola General Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared her dead.
"My sister
committed suicide after being raped and betrayed by the culprit. We want
justice and exemplary punishment of him," said the victim's sister.
Pallabi Police Station
officer-in-charge Md Mahfuzur Rahman Miah said being informed, police recovered
the body and sent it to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for
autopsy.
Legal steps would be taken if the family members make a complaint in this
regard, the OC added.