Mother confesses to killing newborn in Bagerhat
A woman in Bagerhat has confessed to killing her 17-day old daughter, in a case filed in this connection.
The woman, Shanta Akhter Pinky (22), gave confessional statement before Bagerhat Judicial Magistrate Md Khokon Hossain on Friday afternoon, said Pankaj Chandra Roy, superintendent of police in Bagerhat, today.
The woman and her husband, Sujan Khan, have been sent to jail by the court, the SP said.
Sohana, the newborn, went missing from the house in Morrelganj of Bagerhat on November 16. Her body was recovered from a pond nearby the next day.
A case was filed with Morrelganj Police Station in this connection by the baby's grandfather against unnamed accused.
According to the statement, Shanta took the child to the pond on November 16, left her under a tree beside the pond, and returned home.
The baby might have fallen into the water and drowned.
Shanta and Sujan have been having conjugal problems. For both of them, it was their second marriage. Shanta married Sujan in 2017, but had kept her previous marriage a secret from Sujan's family.
Talking to The Daily Star, SP Pankaj said, "We took Sohana's death seriously from the very beginning of our investigation. We visited the spot, had conversations with the family members and examined different clues. We have also spoken to Shanta's parents, her ex-husband as well as some relatives over the case."
"From primary investigation, it became apparent that someone from the family was involved in the murder. We arrested the child's father Sujan Khan and handed him over to the court and appealed for his remand. The court granted Sujan's remand. At one stage of interrogating Sujan, we felt that both the mother and father of the newborn need to be quizzed face to face. The mother confessed to killing her own child during the quizzing," SP Pankaj said.
"Later she gave confessional statement before the Bagerhat court," the SP said.
It is being speculated that the mother may have killed her child over family troubles, he added.
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