Kolkata, Sept. 29 -- In a tragic incident, a young father jumped before a speeding train to end his life after in a feat of rage killed his eighteen-month-old daughter at home in Murshidabad district, official sources said today.
The tragedy happened in the house of Salim Akhtar, a small-time bidi binder (tobacco), at Devidaspur village in Samserganj, as he was sleeping with her daughter last afternoon and his wife Sulekha was sweeping the courtyard.
Suddenly she heard loud cries and saw her daughter was lying on the cemented floor unconscious.
She immediately raised the alarm and the neighbourhood people rushed in and took the child to a nearby private hospital.
After initial treatment the baby was taken to the Murshidabad Medical Coll...