{"id":4749,"date":"2020-07-07T21:12:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T21:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=4749"},"modified":"2020-07-07T21:12:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T21:12:05","slug":"bengal-teacher-dies-of-covid-19-wife-jumps-before-train-with-two-minor-daughters-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=4749","title":{"rendered":"Bengal teacher dies of Covid-19, wife jumps before train with two minor daughters – india news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A woman in Bengal\u2019s Siliguri town tried to commit suicide by jumping before a train with her two minor daughters, hours after her husband, a school teacher, died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).<\/p>\n

The woman suffered brain hemorrhage. One arm of her elder daughter, a five-year-old, had to be amputated while the younger daughter, aged 18 months, lost a leg and an arm, said a nephew of the dead teacher. <\/p>\n

The woman and her children are admitted in North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old primary school teacher was admitted to Siliguri district hospital last Thursday with fever and cough.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis swab sample was collected on Friday and the report came on Monday. By then he was already on ventilation. The doctors said he cannot be shifted to a dedicated Covid hospital in that condition. He died at 1.35 am on Tuesday,\u201d said Ambuj Kumar Ray, the headmaster of the school.<\/p>\n

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Around 11 am, after the administration had put up a barricade in front of the teacher\u2019s house to mark it as a containment zone, his wife left the building with her daughters and went to New Jalpaiguri railway station. She jumped in front of a train in platform No 3, said people who were present at the spot.<\/p>\n

Since no suicide note was found, the reason behind the attempt could not be ascertained.<\/p>\n

Kunwar Bhusan Singh, deputy commissioner of police, Siliguri West, said, \u201cAccording to the doctors, the woman and the children are stable.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the number of Covid-19 cases in Darjeeling district stood at 647 and most of the positive cases were reported in Siliguri. The death toll in Siliguri corporation area was 22 till Monday.<\/p>\n

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