Girl commits suicide demanding ‘Kironmala Dress’

A young woman committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling fan as her father didn’t buy a ‘Kironmala Dress’, branded by the name of ‘Kironmala’ a popular mega serial on Indian TV channel Star Jalsa.

The incident took place on Saturday night at Kalkini upazila in Madaripur district.   

The deceased was identified as Minara Akter, 22, daughter of Syed Bepari in Krisnanagar village in the area.

Family sources said, Minara demanded money from her father to buy the dress ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.  But her farmer father refused to pay the money. After a while, she committed suicide by wrapping a scarf around her neck with electric fan.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Kalkini police station Kripa Sindhu Bala confirmed the matter.