Natore representative: In Baraigram of Natore, the burial committee did not allow the body of a housewife named Jasmine Begum (32) to be buried despite digging a grave. Later, the body was forced to be buried on one side of the house. This incident has created anger among the locals. Deceased Jasmine Begum is the elder daughter of Lokman Hossain Fakir of village Lakshipur of Baraigram Union of Upazila and wife of Malaysian expatriate Samjan Ali of Goalfa village.
It is known that on Thursday night, due to a family dispute, Jasmin committed suicide by taking excess medicine at her father’s house. On Friday (February 23), relatives dug graves at the Lakshmipur Social Cemetery after taking permission from the President to bury the body. Janaza is also scheduled after Jumma prayers. But when the excavation was completed, the people of the cemetery committee demanded 5,000 taka from Jasmine’s father, as they were not members. Unable to pay that money, the committee prevented the burial in the graves dug in the social graveyard. After discussing it all day, it did not work, so in the evening, they were forced to dig a grave again on one side of the house and bury the body of the housewife.
Jalal Uddin, president of the cemetery management committee, said that there are some reasons behind not allowing the body to be buried in the cemetery. First of all, the deceased’s father is not a member of our cemetery. Then the deceased’s father, who was previously a member of the cemetery, did not allow him to be buried there because he died of poison. They did not inform anyone before digging graves in our cemetery. In the future, if all the members of our cemetery are plaintiffs, I will offer a solution: become members of the cemetery by paying a fixed subscription. The father of the deceased, not being a member of the cemetery, later buried his daughter near their house.
