In Feni's Parshuram, Milon loses wife and newborn 12 days apart; baby buried beside mother
In Parshuram, Feni, Rumaisa, the only child of Sumaiya Akter (18), who died giving birth after marrying for love, died 12 days later at the age of 12 days. The baby died on Wednesday (4 November).
The newborn Rumaisa was buried beside her mother's grave. Losing his wife and child within days of each other has left Nizam Uddin Milon of Parshuram broken by grief.
Milon is the son of Belal Hossain of Dakshin Kolapara village in Parshuram municipality. His wife Sumaiya's home was in Tarakucha village of Amzadhat Union in Fulgazi upazila.
Relatives and local sources said Milon and Sumaiya had been in a love relationship, and they married in 2025. After the marriage, their first child was born into the family.
Sumaiya died on 24 October after being taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital for a caesarean operation at the time of the child's birth. Family members then returned home with the newborn girl.
Later, as the baby's physical condition deteriorated, she was brought to hospital again. She died while undergoing treatment at Feni's Z U Model Hospital at around 3pm on Wednesday.
Neighbour Ismail Hossain Shuvo said Milon has been completely broken after losing his wife and child. Since his daughter's death he has repeatedly fainted and has been lying unconscious, he said. The incident has cast a shadow of grief over the whole area as well as the family members.
At around 8pm that night, the newborn Rumaisa was buried beside her mother's grave at the Uttar Kolapara Mazar Bari graveyard. She never received her mother's affection after birth.
