The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Narayanganj

A man allegedly killed his wife and son in sleep at Shahimasjid Khanpara in Bandar upazila on Friday night following a scandal over an extramarital affair.

The victims are Rabeya Begum Sonia, 22, and her two-year- old son Sojol.

Sources said day-labourer Abdul Karim, hailed from Noakhali district, got married with Sonia, daughter of late Shamsuddin of Jamaipara area in the upazila, after an affair with her four years back.

But the philanderer developed an extramarital affair with a garment worker, which embittered their conjugal life.

In recent times, the couple used to quarrel with each other.

Moreover, they said, Karim often asked Sonia to bring money from her father's house. "As she failed to bring the dowry, Karim used to torture her," it was alleged to the police.

Sonia went to her father's house along with her son in Jamaipara area a month back following a merciless beating by her husband. But Karim' s mother brought them on Friday.

She went to sleep with son and husband in her room on Friday night. As Sonia did not open the doors till 11am yesterday, neighbours went to her room and found both the mother and son dead.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent to hospital morgue.

Police said, "Karim might have strangled his wife and son to death and fled home."

A pall of gloom descended on the area following the cruel double-murder incident.