Mason commits suicide by drinking poison under pressure of Tk 18,000 loan in capital's Khilgaon

A mason has committed suicide by drinking poison under the pressure of a loan of only Tk 18,000 in the capital's Khilgaon. The deceased was named Al-Amin Khan (24). He has a five-month-old daughter. Khilgaon Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Anup Biswas said that Al-Amin's body was recovered from in front of the ICU of Mugda Medical College Hospital around 1:30 am on the night of last Wednesday (April 3). After legal procedures, the body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College morgue.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Al-Amin had taken a loan of Tk 18,000 with interest from a local pharmacy shopkeeper. Out of this, he took Tk 10,000 for his own need and the remaining Tk 8,000 for someone else. Unable to bear the pressure of the creditor, he drank a poisonous substance on the night of last March 21. Later, in a sick condition, he was first admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

When his condition deteriorated, he was taken to a hospital in Malibagh and finally to Mugda Medical College Hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment. The deceased's father Roiz Khan said, "My son Al-Amin took Tk 18,000 with interest from a local pharmacy shopkeeper. The condition was that daily interest of Tk 600 had to be paid. Meanwhile, the person who took Tk 8,000 fled. As a result, the creditor put pressure on Al-Amin for the entire amount. Unable to tolerate this pressure, he drank poison.

Later he died while undergoing treatment." He further said, "More than Tk 1.5 lakh has been spent for treatment in various hospitals while the boy was ill. To arrange this huge amount of money, I had to borrow from relatives." Al-Amin was the youngest among two sisters and one brother. He has a wife Smriti Akhter and a five-month-old daughter. In the afternoon, after the post-mortem, the body was handed over to the family and relatives took it to their village home.