Shame kills tutor

Krishnagar, Oct. 25: A 45-year-old private tutor today hanged himself after being humiliated by villagers for allegedly having an affair with a student half his age.

Some youths claimed to have caught Bimal Majumdar, of Nadia’s Chuchuria village near Bethuadahari, in a “compromising position” with the 21-year-old girl on Monday. A shalishi attended by about 50 villagers ordered Majumdar, married with two grown-up daughters, to pay Rs 20,000 as fine for his “immoral act”. Majumdar’s wife found him hanging from a ceiling fan in his home this morning.

Teen kidnap

Burdwan: Police are on the lookout for a 19-year-old school dropout who allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl from Patuli village in Burdwan on Saturday. The police said Alamgir Sheikh had taken the girl pandal-hopping on his bike on Navami night. “We started a kidnapping case against Alamgir, his parents, two brothers and one of his friends on the basis of a complaint from the girl’s father,” an official said.