Ex-BCL leader ‘kills self’ in Satkhira

A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Harishchandrakathi village in Tala upazila of Satkhira on Friday, reports UNB.

The dead is Riad Hossain Babu, son of Sheikh Manjur of the village and former president of Harishchandrakati ward unit BCL.

Mehedy Russel, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tala thana, said Babu took poison on Friday evening after sharing his suicide plan on facebook.

Sheikh Manjur Sheikh, father of the victim, said Babu got depressed after losing his party post recently. Besides, he was also frustrated at the marriage of her younger sister, he said.