4yr old boy dies while mom's suicide attempt fails in city
A four-year-old boy died while his mother was in critical condition yesterday evening, as the mother had tried to commit suicide by taking sedatives after allegedly killing her child in the posh Gulshan area of the capital.
The body of the little boy Alif was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue while his mother Saila Sharmin alias Shashi, 25, was undergoing treatment in United Hospital.
Police said Shashi attempted suicide after killing her child by feeding him an excessive amount of sedative during iftar in her bedroom, following a feud between her and her husband Samir Hossain of Gulshan-2.
Police added they recovered sedatives from the bedroom.
Sources said Shashi and Samir got married six years ago and the feud between them started two years back, as Samir was not allowing Shashi to go to her father's house.
Family members of Samir said Shashi and the child were sleeping in the bedroom since afternoon.
After Samir returned home, he tried to wake his wife and child knocking on the bedroom door, but failing to do so he opened the door with a duplicate key and found them unconscious. He rushed them to the hospital where the doctors declared Alif dead.
Sub-inspector Helal Uddin of Gulshan police said the incident was the result of a family feud. No case was filed till filing of this report late last night, police said.
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