Mother hacked two children to death in Tongi: Police

Two children were hacked to death by their mother with a boti, a tool used in kitchen, at a flat in Tongi area of Gazipur on Friday afternoon. 

The deceased are Maliha Akhter (6), daughter of Abdul Baten Mia at Tatuakandi in Bancharampur of Brahmanbaria, and her brother Md. Abdullah (4).

Their mother Saleha Begum confessed to the mother she had killed her two children but she did not mention the reason.

Additional Commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police Zahid Hasan confirmed the matter on Saturday (April 19).

Police recovered the bodies of two siblings around 6 pm on Friday (April 18). 

According to sources, Baten Mia used to live with his family in a flat on the third floor of an 8-storey building called Setu Villa in Jamaibazar area of Arichpur in Tongi. The eldest daughter of his three children is at his grandmother's house. Maliha and Abdullah's mother fell asleep after taking headache medicine on Friday afternoon. When she woke up in the afternoon, she saw the bloody bodies of her son and daughter on the floor of the house.

 Tongi East Police Station OC Md. Faridul Islam said, “The incident of killing is mysterious. The mother and father of the deceased are giving separate information. Their statements are inconsistent. For this reason, both of them are being interrogated in police custody.”