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Drug-addicted son kills mother in Jhenaidah
A drug-addicted man allegedly killed his mother after she refused to give him money to buy drugs at Shyamkur village in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Shoker Banu, 60, wife of late Zeker Ali, of Paschimpara in the village.
According to locals, the accused, Ikhlas, had been addicted to drugs for a long time and often subjected family members to physical and mental abuse for money to buy drugs.
On Thursday night, he reportedly got into an argument with his mother over money to buy drugs.
Later, in the early hours of Friday, he allegedly attacked his sleeping mother with a sharp weapon and slit her throat.
In the morning, the wife of the deceased’s younger son went to Shoker Banu’s room to give her breakfast and found her mother-in-law lying on the bed in a pool of blood.
Hearing her screams, neighbours rushed to the scene and informed police.
Police later recovered the body and sent it to the morgue of Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital for autopsy, reports UNB.
Soon after the incident, local residents chased and caught Ikhlas and handed him over to police.
Maheshpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mehedi Hasan said legal proceedings in the matter are underway.