The police recovered the bodies of a husband and wife from a flat in a multi-storied building in Sreepur, Gazipur.
Their bodies were recovered from a room on the ground floor of the multi-storied building of Md Farooq Khan of Mulaid village of the upazila on Friday morning.
The deceased are Md Israfil (17), son of Md Mofizul Haque of Haldi village of Jhenaigati police station of Sherpur district and Mosa, daughter of Abul Kashem of Pastari village of Ishwarganj police station of Mymensingh district. Rokeya Khatun (15).
It is known that they got married seven-eight months ago without the permission of the family. Israfil worked in a local workshop and Rokeya in a local factory on rent in Mulaid village of Sripur.
Md. Borhan Uddin, the brother of the deceased Rokey, said that Israfil had recently quarreled with his parents and left home. Later on Thursday they were explained and brought home. I got news of their death in the morning.
Mofizul Haque, the father of the deceased Israfil, said that they lived together in the flat. They did the family cooking in Israfil’s flat. On Friday morning, he found the door of Israfil’s flat open and went inside to find Israfil hanging wrapped in a veil and Rokeya’s body on the bed. A note was later found on the side.
The note read, ‘Parents forgive me, I could not stay with you. My life hangs for me. So I couldn’t stay. I don’t blame anyone. No one is at fault. My soul is waiting for me. Everyone will be fine. Md. Israfil.
Mother, bury Rocare next to me, mother. Mother, I don’t know why my life was leaked. I am fully responsible for that. No one is to blame for this.’
Sripur Thana Police Inspector (Investigation) Md. Sakhawat Hossain said that the bodies of the husband and wife were recovered after receiving information. Initially, it is believed that the wife committed suicide first. Unable to bear the matter, the husband also committed suicide. Legal action is being taken in this regard.
