College girl ‘kills self’ for smartphone

A college girl allegedly committed suicide in Parnanduali village of Magura sadar upazila on Thursday night following a family brawl over buying a smartphone.

The deceased is Mita Khatun, daughter of a certain Hasain Sheikh, a resident of Parnanduali village, reports UNB.

Quoting family members, police said Mita, a first year student of Magura Govt. Mohila College, demanded a smartphone from her father.

As Mita's tea seller father Hasan Sheikh could not fulfil the demand due to poverty, she locked into an altercation with him on Thursday night.

Family members entered her room breaking the door only to see her hanging from the ceiling in the morning, said Magura sadar police station officer-in-charge Ilias Hossian.

An unnatural death (UD) case was filed in this connection, the OC said.