‘Mother sets’ baby on fire

A mother was accused of setting her baby boy on fire throwing him into a wood-fired oven resulting in the death of the boy in Bhairab upazila in Kishoreganj district yesterday. The victim is two-and-a-half-year Yamin Mia, son of farmer Mubarak Mia of Chandpur village under Shimulkandi union in the upazila.
Police and local people said Shirin Akter threw her baby into the fire of a wood-fired oven and the baby was burnt to death. Later, police arrested the ‘killer mother’ with the help of locals.
Mubarak Mia alleged his wife Shirin Akter is mentally challenged woman and she killed her six-year old boy Rifat Mia last year by making him drowned in a pond. Bhairab police station officer-in-charge Badrul Alam Talukdar said the police arrested the accused mother in connection with the killing of her baby. “Action will be taken after investigation,” the police officer added.

Mother sets baby on fire

A mother was accused of setting her baby boy on fire throwing him into a wood-fired oven resulting in the death of the boy in Bhairab upazila in Kishoreganj district yesterday. The victim is two-and-a-half-year Yamin Mia, son of farmer Mubarak Mia of Chandpur village under Shimulkandi union in the upazila. Police and local people said Shirin Akter threw her baby into the fire of a wood-fired oven and the baby was burnt to death. Later, police arrested the killer mother with the help of locals. Mubarak Mia alleged his wife Shirin Akter is mentally challenged woman and she killed her six-year old boy Rifat Mia last year by making him drowned in a pond. Bhairab police station officer-in-charge Badrul Alam Talukdar said the police arrested the accused mother in connection with the killing of her baby. Action will be taken after investigation, the police officer added.