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Mother and infant die after jumping in front of train in Gazipur
Greenwatch Desk
Nation
2024-12-09, 6:45pm
A woman and her eight-month-old baby died as the mother with the child on lap jumped in front of a moving train on Dhaka-Mymensingh route at Satkhamair in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Monday.
The identities of the woman, aged about 30, and her daughter could not be known immediately.
Setabur Rahman, sub-inspector of Joydebpur Rail Station, said the woman along with her baby jumped in front of the train around 10:30 am.
Later they were taken to Sreepur Upazila Health Complex in critical condition where doctors referred them to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital, reports UNB.
They died on the way to the Mymensingh hospital.
Police suspected that the woman might have killed herself and her baby over a family feud.