Engineering student commits suicide

A fourth year student of Kolaghat Engineering College jumped before a train that was entering Mecheda station at 8 pm yesterday.

Aziz Jamal,a 23-year-old resident of Khargram in Murshidabad,was in Mecheda for his fourth year examination at the engineering college. The viva voce took place yesterday and the written exams were slated to begin on 22 May. Since he did not stay at the college hostel,we had put him up at Hotel Uma in Mecheda. In the evening,around 7 pm,he said he was going out for a walk and would be back in some time. When he didnt return after two hours,I became a little worried and started calling up his friends but no one knew where he had gone. I was out looking for him when I heard that a boy had committed suicide at Mecheda Railway station. I went there and found that it was Aziz, said Aman Ali,Azizs brother.

He also added that for about a year,Aziz was under a depression.

Woman attempts suicide over delivering girl child

Kolkata:At a time when Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has launched a campaign against female foeticide,a 25-year-old woman tried to commit suicide on Saturday after being allegedly tortured by her husband and in-laws for delivering a girl child three days ago.

Shamina Khatoon,a resident of Giribabu Lane of Kolkata,jumped from the third floor bathroom window of the Eden ward of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).

Senior officials and patients at the hospital said Shaminas in-laws screamed at her when they found out that she had delivered a girl child and even threatened to kill the child. This morning,a screaming Shamina reportedly went out of the Eden ward,took an axe and tried to attack a resident medical officer. When some staff and nurses tried to overpower her,she fled to the bathroom of the department and jumped from its window. Hospital staff said they have intimated the matter to the police.

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