Drug addicts stab 3 of a family

A woman and her two children sustained stab injuries in an attack allegedly by some local drug addicts at Baimael Pashchimpara village in Singair upazila early yesterday.

Injured Rokeya Begum, 35, wife of Kohinur Islam, and her two kids Farida Akter, 15, and Farid Hossain, 12, are now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Quoting locals, police said Kohinur's nephew Mohsin and his three friends stabbed Rokeya with sharp weapons when she tried to prevent them from taking drugs near her house.

The attackers also stabbed Farida and Farid when they tried to save their mother from the attackers.

Police arrested Mohsin and Ashutosh from the spot, Sayeduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Singair Police Station, said.