Sayeed Muhammad: At least three examinees committed suicide in separate incidents at Thakurgaon, Brahmanbaria and Tangail for failing in this year’s SSC exam. The deceased are Farazul Islam, 17, son of Sirajul Islam of Gulpara village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, Halima Aktar Moni, 17, daughter of Ayesha Aktar of Chandola village in Brahmanpara upazila in Cumilla, and Shima Aktar, of Santahar area in Pabna sadar upazila. In Thakurgaon, Mothurapur High School student Farazul hanged himself in his room after his parents criticized him for the failure. However, no case was filed in this connection. In Cumilla, Moni, a student of Sholashahar Public School in Chattogram, too, killed herself following the same way as she hanged herself with the ceiling fan of her room on Sunday night. Her Ayesha Aktar confirmed the matter saying Moni attended the exam from Chattogram staying with her father, she said. In Tangail, another teenager Shima Aktar also hanged herself in her house on Sunday night following her failure for the second time in the public exam at Shantosh area in Sadar upazila. Even though she appeared the exam from Pabna, Shima had been living with her mother and brother in Shantosh area of Tangail. Meanwhile, seven other SSC examinees, including six female students, tried to commit suicide in Tangail alone after the results were published since Sunday Afternoon to Monday morning.
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