Mentally challenged mother kills daughter
A five-month-old girl was hacked to death allegedly by her mentally challenged mother at Poyarkandi in Muktagachha municipality area of the district on Tuesday night.
Police and family sources said mentally challenged Moyna Begum, 23, wife of garment worker Shamim Miah of the area, killed her daughter Riya at their house around 9:00pm.
On information, the law enforcers rushed to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
They later arrested Moyna, said Abu Mohammad Fazlul Karim, officer-in-charge of Muktagachha Police Station.
Moyna had been suffering from mental illness for long, said the OC.
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