Man kills wife, son in Dinajpur

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UNB, Dinajpur :
A man allegedly slaughtered his wife and son to death over a family feud at Dakhkhin Joydebpur village in Sadar upazila early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Bakul Akhter, 27, wife of the alleged killer Soharab Ali Bhutto, and their son Bijon Babu, 4. Police and locals said, Bhutto, son of late Heyatullah Sarkar of Dakhkhin Joydebpur village, married Bakul, daughter of Akkas Ali, of the same village five years ago.
Bhutto was a drug addict and it was a matter of discontent in the family.
An altercation ensued between the couple on Sunday night after Bhutto returned home taking drugs.
At one stage, Bhutto slaughtered his wife to death with sharp weapons and later, killed his son Bijon in the same way as the child began scream seeing the slaughtering of his mother.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy.
A police team also arrested the alleged killer from the village early hours on Monday, said Sub-Inspector of Kotwali Police Station Dipen Chandra.
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