Dhaka, May 26 -- A couple in Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj have allegedly died by double suicide as poverty drove them into mental agony, according to the family and police.

The incident occurred at Kurer Paar area in the Upazila on Sunday night, said Billal Hossain, chief of Ashuganj Police Station.

The dead were identified as Nanu Mia's son Alamin, 25, and his wife Jarina Begum, 20, daughter of Noapara's Idrees Mia.

Alamin, an autorickshaw driver, had a son and a daughter.

Jarina's brother Anwar Hossain said that his sister and brother-in-law were under great mental stress due to poverty and other domestic issues in the family. Alamin had sold off an easybike which he bought and was making the payment in installments. The couple fought a ...