Criminologists say people in crisis, when denied support by family, community or the state, sometimes choose to kill loved ones before themselves. Investigators believe Rubel Ahmed, 35, strangled his wife Sonia Akter, 28, and 6-year-old daughter "Jamila" before hanging himself amid “family conflict”. Whether the family member who committed the act had a prior mental health issue should also be taken into consideration. HOW EXPERTS VIEW THE TRENDAachol Foundation, which works on suicide prevention, has no statistics on family-wide suicides or killings followed by suicide. Prof Salahuddin Qusar of BSMMU conceded that most suicides stem from mental illness, but treatment access at the grassroots is scarce.
