Staff Reporter :
A female police constable has allegedly committed suicide by setting fire to herself at Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh district.
The deceased has been identified as Halima Khatun, 25, Constable of Police. She was daughter of Helal Uddin Akand from Netrakona district, said Delwar Ahmed Hossain, Officer-in Charge (OC) of Gouripur Police Station.
Halima poured kerosene on her body at an abandoned barrack of the police station and set fire to herself on Sunday afternoon, the OC said.
She was admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital first.
“She was taken to Bhaluka Upazila Health Complex when her condition deteriorated while being transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. She died at the Health Complex around 7:15pm,” the OC said.
A policeman of the Gouripur Police Station, requesting anonymity, said Halima ‘committed suicide for the recent extra-marital relations with Sub-Inspector ‘Mizanur Islam recently”.
Mizan is married and has a child. Mymensingh Superintendent of Police Syed Nurul Islam said that the sub-inspector was kept under watch.
Nurul Islam also said that he talked to Halima at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, but her statement was not clear.
“But the report of love affair is true. A three-member probe body was formed to investigate the incident, the SP said.
Filing a case was under process, he said.
The body was buried in her village in Netrakona district in the afternoon, he said.
