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Fish trader kills self

Monday, 8 June 2015


A local fish trader allegedly committed suicide in Jhikargachha upazila in Jessore district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Obaidur Rahman, 26, son of Hossain Ali, a resident of Bishhori village and a fish trader by profession. Police said Obaidur took poison at his house in Bishhori village at some time between Sunday night and early Monday. Inmates of the house found him wailing in pain and rescued him. He was rushed to Jessore 250-bed Hospital where the duty doctor declared him dead. Obaidur might have committed suicide from depression as he had incurred a loss of about Tk60,000 in his business, locals said, according to a news agency.