Filicide in Bogra, matricide in Tangail

A poverty-stricken woman killed her eight-month-old daughter in Dhunat upazila under Bogra district while a mentally disturbed teenage boy killed his mother in Gopalpur upazila under Tangail district yesterday.

Our Bogra correspondent reports: Fahima Akhtar, 25, arrested on charge of killing her eight-month-old daughter Sultana Khatun, confessed that she committed the heinous crime due to negligence of her husband and family poverty, said Panchananda Sarkar, inspector (Investigation) of Dhunat Police Station.

Fahima, daughter of Janab Ali of Dhulipara of Nimgachhi union, was married to rickshaw puller Anwar Hossain, 30, of Gugrapara village of Kalerpara union in the same upazila two and a half years ago and a girl child was born to them eight months ago, said police and locals.

The couple often quarrelled over their poverty and at one stage, Fahima went to her father's house and started staying there.

On Sunday afternoon, she with her baby went to the house of her relative rickshaw-puller Polash Mia at Nimgachhi village and after strangulating the child at night, she left the house.

At around 5:00am, Polash found the child's body on the bed and informed locals and police who sent it to Shaheed Zaiur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra for autopsy.

Police later arrested Fahima on the bridge over the Bangalee River in the area, said Inspector Panchananda Sarkar, adding that preparation was on to file a murder case with the police station.

Fahima's relatives said she was mentally distressed due to poverty and conjugal feud.

Our Tangail correspondent adds: Jomila Khatun, 50, of Jotbagol village in Nogda Shimla union of Gopalpur upazila under the district was hacked to death by his son Mohammad Ashraful, 16, locally known as a 'mad boy', yesterday.

After the incident, locals handed him over him to police.

"Ashraful hacked his mother with a cleaver at noon, leaving her seriously injured. She died on the way to the Gopalpur Upazila Health Complex," Johirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gopalpur Police Station, quoted locals as saying.