A rickshaw-puller, who failed to repay regularly the installment of a loan he had taken from for the treatment of his wife, attempted to end his life in the city’s Narda area on Friday.
The victim was identified as Rezaul Karim Bepari, 40, son of late Enayet Beari of Doridaspur village of Gaibandha. He along with his rickshaw-puller son Biplab, 18, had been living at a garage at Narda under Gulshan Police Station.
Rezaul tried to slit his throat with a blade near his rickshaw garage at about 1:30 pm.Biplab rescued his father and rushed him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in a critical condition at about 2:30 pm.
Talking to reporters at the DMCH, Biplab said Rezaul borrowed Tk 80,000-90,000 from two NGOs and several individuals for surgery on the uterus cancer of his wife Bilkis Begum few months back.
“My father who is himself sick had to pay Tk 800-900 weekly as loan installment. It became difficult for him to pay the installment regularly after bearing the family expenses,” Biplab said.
Stating that Rezaul had also to send his mother who is living at the village home money, Biplab said his father brought him to Dhaka this January to help him earn extra.
“Even though, he had been facing difficulties in paying the loan installment which forced him to take the extreme step,” Biplab added. – UNB
