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BSS, Lalmonirhat

A housewife was murdered and another allegedly committed suicide at separate places of Lalmonirhat district on Thursday last.

Quoting local people, the sources said housewife Shirina Begum, 25, was beaten to death by her husband Shafiqul Islam and his second wife China Begum following long-term family feuds in Hatibandha upazila town of Lalmonirhat. Being informed, Hatibandha thana police rushed to the spot, arrested China Begum, recovered the body and later conducted its autopsy at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital.

A murder case was filed with Hatibandha police station. On the same day, one Sufia Khatun, 30, wife of Saroj Ali of village Fulgach under Sadar upazila in Lalmonirhat allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at home for unknown reason. A UD case was filed in this connection with Sadar thana police the sources said.

BSS Rangpur adds: Two persons, including a minor boy, were killed and six others injured in separate road accidents at different places in Rangpur and Kurigram districts on Sunday. Rickshaw van puller Lebu Mian, 30, his passengers Abdul Gafur, 70, and Laksmi Narayan, 50, of village Rampura were seriously injured when a Syedpur-bound passenger bus hit their rickshaw van at Taraganj bus stand at Taraganj upazila town in Rangpur.

Later, injured Abdul Gafur succumbed to his injuries at Taraganj Upazila Health Complex (TUHC) in the evening.

Motorcycle rider Lal Mian, 35, of Kurigram was seriously injured when his motorcycle skidded off the road while saving a cow at Jigatola point on the Syedpur-Rangpur highway under Taraganj upazila in Rangpur.

Minor boy Al Amin, 2, was killed and his mother Begum, 23, Fatema, 10, and Lutfa Begum, 8, were seriously injured when a Bhurungamari-bound bus from Kurigram hit the rickshaw carrying them at Chondipur point in Nageswari upazila of Kurigram on Sunday.

Nageswari police rushed there, rescued the injured people, sent them to the hospitals and seized the bus from the spot. Separate cases were filed in these connections with the concerned police stations, the sources said.