A 14-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself after allegedly being scolded by her mother at Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat district on Monday.
The incident happened at around 1:00pm in Lakhpur village under Lakhpur union in the upazila.
The deceased was identified as Lamia, daughter of Jakir Sheikh, a resident of the area.
It was learnt that Seuli Begum, the deceased's mother, scolded Lamia on Monday as she was not attentive in her studies. After that, out of anger, she hanged herself with a piece of cloth in his room.
When her mother entered the room, she found Lamia in a hanging condition.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Bipul Chandra Das, officer in-charge of Fakirhat Model Police Station.
The body will be handed over to the family after completing legal procedures, the police official added.
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