In another incident of sheer child brutality, a woman has killed her son in Kishoreganj Sadar upazila, less than a week after a mother in the capital’s Banasree had allegedly killed her two children at home.
Salma Akhter slit the throat of her one-and-a-half-year-old boy Mahathir with a machete, which police later seized from the scene.
The shocking incident took place at the house of Salma's parents at Parabhanga village in the upazila's Maria union around 11:30am on Saturday.
Salma, wife of Abul Kalam of Tamni Akandapara village and mother of four children, came to visit her parents two weeks ago.
Saturday morning, she killed her son on the floor of the house and shouted: “Come and see that I have murdered my child. He can no longer cry.”
Police, who were called in by neighbours, detained Salma from the scene and took her to police station. They also recovered Mahathir's body.
Salma's husband Kalam said his wife has been mentally ill for five years and also tried to kill Mahathir by throwing him in pond in the past.
The couple wedded 10 years ago, and Salma gave birth to three daughters before Mahathir.
Anwar Hossain Khan, superintendent of police of the district, visited the scene and said it was a pathetic incident.
“The mother admitted to killing her child. We will launch a probe and take the next steps accordingly,” he added.
