Mother, daughter jump before running train in apparent double suicide in Jashore
A 34-year-old woman and her teenage daughter apparently committed suicide by jumping in front of 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 sixth grader, 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.
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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.
