Mother drowns her baby

A housewife in Narail’s Sadar Upazila has drowned her one-and-half-year old son following a conjugal discord.

Narail Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 21 March 2014, 09:47 AM
Updated : 21 March 2014, 09:47 AM

The shocking incident took place in the early hours of Friday at the Upazila’s Paikmari village, said Sadar Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Manik Chandra Saha.

The child, ‘Abdullah’, was the son of Jasim Qazi and Rikta Begum.

Quoting family members, SI Saha said the couple were passing through phase of marital discord for the last several days.
Witnesses told police that Rikta tried to flee after throwing Abdullah in a pond next to their house early in the morning. She confessed to having thrown the baby when locals stopped her and inquired.
They later recovered the baby's body from the pond, the police official said.
The law enforcers arrested the mother and took her into custody.