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Fatal unhappiness

Man kills wife, 2 children before taking his own life

Staff Correspondent, ctg
After strangling his wife and two children with a rope, a man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with the same rope in Chittagong's Rangunia early yesterday, reportedly over family feud.
Prakash Barua, 40, an LMAF doctor, first strangled his wife Rozi Barua, 35, with a nylon rope at his Sonaichhari home around 2:00am, Babul Akhtar, assistant police super (ASP) ofHathazari circle, toldThe Daily Star.
Around 6:00am, Prakash went to his uncle's home nearby as his son Simanto Barua, 8, and daughter Soma Barua, 6, were sleeping there. He asked the children to return home saying that their tutor Champa Dey would teach them in the morning, the ASP said quoting locals.
Later, he killed Simanto and Soma, students of class III and I, at his home by twisting the same rope around their necks, theASPsaid.
Police suspect that Prakash might have committed suicide around 10:00am as he talked to his sister Shukla Barua over phone around 9:00am, ASP Babul said.
Locals saw Prakash's body hanging from the ceiling of the tin-shed house through the window, put him down and informed police, said Sunando, a monk of the nearby Buddhist temple.
The door was shut, but not locked from inside, locals said.
Law enforcers recovered the bodies around 11:00am and found a suicide note from the house.
In the note, Prakash confessed to the killings of his wife and children, and mentioned “family feud” as the reason behind his decision to kill himself after killing the other family members.
He wrote that Rozi converted to a Buddhist from a Hindu to marry him ten years back, and they had been a happy couple for first nine years.
But some conflicts developed between them for the last one year. His wife recently told him that she would not attend any family functions of Prakash's relatives, according to the note.
Locals close to the couple said the duo engaged in a feud two days back over attending a marriage function of one of Prakash's relatives.
The children's tutor Champa Dey said, “I came to Prakash's home at around 7:30am but nobody opened the door. From inside Prakash told me that his children would not sit for study today.”
Law enforcers found the
bodies of Prakash and Simanta lying on the bed while of the others on the ground in another room, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Rangunia Police Station Manjur Morshed.
The bodies were sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital for autopsy, he said adding that an unnatural death case was lodged with Rangunia police.
“We are investigating the incident. Handwriting in the suicide note is being examined,” the OC said.
Prakash married Rozi in 2002 following a love affair, said Prakash's sister Shukla adding that Prakash used to practice at a chamber in Panchlaish area in the port city — some 45 kilometres off their home -- and his brother-in-law Bappa Das assisted him.
Shukla told The Daily Star that they had normal conversations when Prakash called him last morning. “We never noticed any feud in my brother's family,” she claimed.
Tutor Champa said, “I have been giving lesson to them for one year. Most of the time, Prakash used to pass the daytime in his chamber and sometimes did not return home in the night. I used to come in the morning and found Rozi in sleep every day.”
The suicide note reads, “I am Prakash Barua. I killed my wife and children strangulating them with nylon rope and after that I killed myself with the same rope. Nobody helped me in this work. I killed Rozi at 2:00am and in the morning, I killed my children,” said the suicide note.
“I am insulted in front of my kith and kin only for her. Moreover, she recently told me that she would not attend any family programme of my relatives. Then, I said if you are facing problem you along with the children may go anywhere," the note added.