Suicide of father and son due to sufferings of obtaining birth registration
Rezaul Karim alias Madhu (38) married Shefali Khatun of Gobindapur village of Poradah Union of Mirpur Upazila in Kushtia eight years ago. Before his conversion, his name was Madhusudan Roy.
Rezaul Karim alias Madhu has a seven-year-old son, Mugdha Hossain. Rezaul could not register the birth of his son due to conversion. Due to which he could not enroll his son in school. The police believe that Madhu committed suicide along with his child out of frustration.
On Sunday (January 28) afternoon, Shefali Khatun, the wife of the deceased Rezaul Karim, filed a case as the plaintiff. Besides, a case of unnatural death has been filed by the police.
Confirming the matter, Kushtia Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sheikh Sohail Rana said that Rezaul was not able to register the birth of his son. Due to which the son could not be admitted to school. Rezaul was depressed. For this reason, it is initially believed that he committed suicide after killing his son. Rezaul was known as a gentle man in the area.
Last Saturday afternoon, the police recovered the hanging bodies of Madhusudan Roy alias Rezaul Karim Madhu (42) and his 7-year-old son Mugdha Hossain from a rented house in Alfamore area of Kushtia town. According to the police, after killing his son, father committed suicide by hanging himself on a rope. After the autopsy of the two bodies, the bodies were handed over to their relatives on Sunday afternoon. In the afternoon, after the funeral of father and son, the burial was completed in Kushtia Municipal graveyard.
Madhu's mother-in-law Bilkis Khatun said that her daughter Shefali Khatun was in their house as she was pregnant. The son-in-law was a very good person. No one gets any money from him but he got money from others. On Saturday afternoon, Rezaul left the house with his son. He told his wife that he would enroll his son in a local primary school. Shefali went to their rented house as he did not return with his son after a long time. Seeing the door of the house closed, she called out. Then she saw the husband and children hanging on the rope through the hole of the window without getting any response. Neighbors rushed to her screams. The police recovered the bodies of father and son with the help of local people.