Traffic man succumbs to injuries

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Family sees no reason for 'suicide'

Traffic sergeant Wazed Mahmud, who made a suicide attempt Friday night, succumbed to his injuries at the city's Apollo Hospital early yesterday.

Mahmud, 33, attempted to commit suicide by shooting into the head at the traffic control room on the ground floor of the multi-storey parking lot of the Shahjalal International Airport.

His mother Nurjahan Begum told The Daily Star that she had heard of the news that midnight.

Mahmud lost one leg at a road accident around five years ago. He managed to do everything with his artificial leg and there was no reason to commit suicide, she said.

Mahmud left behind his wife Dilara Parveen and a daughter Tamika Parveen.

His body was buried at a graveyard in Mirpur yesterday afternoon.

Officer-in-charge of Airport Police Station said an unnatural death case had been filed in this connection.