UNB, Netrakona :
A 32-year-old man and his two-year-old son were found hanging from the ceiling of a house in the Nagra area of Netrakona municipality area on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Kaiyum, son of Akkas Sardar of Nageshwari upazila in Kurigram, and his son Ahnab Shakil.
Police said that Kaiyum had been living with his wife and son in an apartment on the 3rd floor of the building, owned by Ruhul Amin for the past seven years.
Kaiyum worked at the Nagra Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA).
Around 1am, Kaiyum, Salma and Ahnab went to bed as usual after having their supper. But around 5am, Salma found Kaiyum and Ahnab hanging from the ceiling of their room.
Hearing the screams of Salma, local people gathered and alerted the police. The bodies have been sent to the local hospital morgue for post-mortem, a police official said.
Additional superintendent of Netrakona Police, Mohamamd Fakhruzzaman Jewel, said prima-facie it seemed that Kaiyum first killed his son and then took his own life. “A probe is on,” he added.
