Father ‘throws 2-month infant to the floor’, killing him

“Osman Gani grew enraged when his tea was late, went to the bed, picked up the child and threw him to the ground twice,” police say

A Chattogram man has allegedly killed his two-month-old child after throwing him to the ground because his mother “was late in serving tea”.

The incident occurred in Charia village in Hathazari’s Mirzapur Union on Tuesday, police said.

Osman Gani, 28, fled after the killing. Police have detained the child’s uncle Md Rumman, 25.

The child and his mother were sitting on the bed at home when Osman came in and told her to serve them tea, said Kazi Md Tarek Aziz, additional superintendent of police for the Chattogram district.

“When the tea was late, Osman Gani grew enraged, went to the bed, and threw the child to the ground twice.”

The family rushed the child to the Hathazari Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor-on-duty declared him dead, according to police official Aziz.

Osman fled immediately after the incident, he said. Neighbours said Rumman drove his brother away on a microbus before returning alone. Rumman has been detained to question him on his brother’s whereabouts.