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Jashore mother, daughter jump under train, apparent suicide
Bangladesh Railway.
Jashore, Mar 25: A 34-year-old woman and her teenage daughter apparently committed suicide by jumping under a running train at Churamonkathi in Sadar upazila of Jashore district.
The deceased were identified as Lucky Begum, daughter of Moksed Ali, and her daughter Sumaiya Khatun Meem, a class VI student, of Haibatpur village in the upazila.
Lucky used to reside at Satmail Bazar area with her daughter, according to sub-inspector Monitosh of Jashore Railway Police Station.
Local people spotted the bodies of the mother and daughter near Poltadanga Cremation ghat around 2:30pm just after the passing of a Chapainawabganj-bound ‘Mahananda Express’ train, and informed police.
The law enforcers then recovered the bodies, said SI Monitosh.
A bag and a mobile phone were also recovered from the spot. - UNB