A freedom fighter reportedly committed suicide by consuming poison in Netrakona's Durgapur.
The dead was Santosh Debnath, 70, a resident of Telunjia village under Birishiri union of the upazila.
Durgapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mahmudul Hasan confirmed this information on Monday morning.
According to locals and police, two sons of freedom fighter Santosh Debnath are government employees and he had been physically ill for a long time. He consumed poison at his house around 7:30 pm on Sunday. Sensing the matter, other members of the family came and took him to the Upazila Health Complex. He died at around 8:30 pm while undergoing treatment there.
OC Mahmudul Hasan said the body of the deceased was sent to Netrakona Modern Sadar Hospital morgue this morning for autopsy.
