Kid strangled by stepfather
A four-year-old speech impaired boy was strangled allegedly by his stepfather at Kandania Kachupara village in Phulbaria upazila of the district yesterday.
The victim is Swadhin Mia.
Quoting the family members, Officer-in-Charge of Phulbaria Police Station Md Firoz Talukder said van puller Kamal Uddin married Umme Kulsum, mother of the victim of the same locality, six months ago.
There was a longstanding conflict between Kamal and his wife Kulsum over a family issue.
At one stage of altercation, Kulsum left the house and took shelter at a neighbouring house.
Kamal allegedly strangled Swadhin when the boy was alone in the house.
Hearing the scrams, neighbours rushed to the spot and caught Kamal. Later he was handed over to police.
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