Unable to bear the shame of sexual harassment by a local young man, a college girl committed suicide by hanging herself at Mahmud village in Sadar upazila on Monday night.
The deceased was identified as Rahima Khatun, 18, an HSC first year student at Satkhira Simanta Adarsha College and daughter of Abdus Sabur of the village.The deceased’s cousin Abdul Majed said Rahima committed suicide in her room by hanging herself with a scarf from the ceiling at night.
Majed also said Rahima took the path of ending her own life as she could not bear the disgrace of eve-teasing from a local young man, who had always used to pass indecent comments to her on her way to and from college since long.Officer-in-charge of Satkhira Sadar Police Station Enamul Haque said
police recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy. -UNB, Satkhira
