Rickshaw-puller fails to repay loan, attempts suicide

A rickshaw-puller, who failed to repay regularly the installment of a loan he had taken from for the treatment of his wife, attempted to end his life in the city’s Narda area on Friday.  The victim was identified as Rezaul Karim Bepari, 40, son of late Enayet Bepari of Doridaspur village of Gaibandha. He along with his rickshaw-puller son Biplab, 18, had been living at a garage at Narda under Gulshan Police Station. Rezaul tried to slit his throat with a blade near his rickshaw garage at about 1:30 pm. Biplab rescued his father and rushed him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in a critical condition at about 2:30 pm, according to a news agency.