A teenage girl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her house at Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur district on Monday morning.
The incident took place at Tarakandi village under Pogaldigha union of the upazila at around 11 am.
Deceased Laboni Akhter, 13, was daughter of Lal Miah, a resident of the village. She was eighth grader of Rudra Boira High School.
Lal Miah, the deceased's father, said Laboni told home that she owes to her school Tk 2,200 along with examination fee and monthly salary and all students were asked to pay all dues before the examination. In the morning her mother gave Laboni Tk 1,100 to pay and said the rest of the due will pay later. Laboni and her mother had an argument over the matter.
Later, she hanged herself with the ceiling of her room out of huff with her mother.
Tarakandi Police Investigation centre sub-inspector Amjad Hossain said being informed, police recovered the body and handed it over to the deceased's family without an autopsy upon their request.
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