Schoolgirl commits suicide for Tk20 in Tangail

A school student committed suicide for not getting Tk20 from her mother in Tangail.

The incident took place at the Mirzapur upazila’s Datpara village on Wednesday.

The seventh grader, Amena Akhter, was the daughter of Aynal Haque and a student of Fatehpur Mainal High School.

According to police sources, on Wednesday morning Amena was going to school for the sports tournament. Before going out, she asked for Tk200 from her mother and got Tk180 instead.

She was angry as she did not get the full amount and later committed suicide in the veranda of the house by throttling herself with a scarf.

At the time none of the family members were at the house. 

Mirzapur police station OC AKM Mizanul Haque confirmed the news.

He said: “The body was sent to the Tangail General Hospital for an autopsy.”