2-year-old girl killed by father

A 22-month-old baby girl was killed allegedly by her father at Azaipur in the district town yesterday.

Police and locals said victim Mahiya was staying at her grandmother's room. Suddenly, her father Mahbub Hasan Babu, 26, entered the room around 5:00am and took her to his own room.

He hit her head with a brick. She died on the spot, said Sub-Inspector Aminul Islam of Sadar Police Station.

Mahbub's was recently seen behaving abnormally. He divorced his wife Yeasmin on May 28 this year and she left the girl at the husband's house, said police.

The body was sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, the SI said, adding that they arrested Babu.