The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Madaripur

A young woman destabilized by the second marriage of husband drowned her 2 kids and swallowed poison in an attempt to commit suicide in a remote village of sadar upazila on Monday.

Neighbours rescued the bodies of Joy (2) and Meem (5) from the Kumar River and rushed Shirin Akter (30) to Madaripur Sadar Hospital where doctors were trying to save her life by pumping out the poisonous pesticide from the stomach.

Subedar Apel Mahmud of Shirkara Srinadi police camp confirmed the incident.

Relatives said Haider Bepari of Shirkhara village used to work in Dhaka leaving behind wife Shirin and minor son and daughter at the village home. Recently he married a young girl in Dhaka without the knowledge of his first wife and a week ago came home with the new bride. That totally broke the heart of Shirin. Soon Haider returned to Dhaka with his new wife.

Finding her hapless Shirin took the extreme course. She took her minor son and daughter to the bank of Kumar River and threw them into the river. Then she swallowed pesticide in a bid to commit suicide.