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Mother murdered over drug money in Sunamganj

Published : Friday, 16 October, 2026 at 8:52 PM

Observer Online Report

A 45-year-old man was detained for allegedly hacking his sleeping 70-year-old mother to death with a sharp weapon over a dispute regarding money for drug addiction in Jahangirnagar union of Sadar upazila early Friday.

The deceased was identified as Rezia Khatun, wife of the late Hasan Uddin of Kaiyargaon Madhyapara. The accused, Nurul Alam, a drug addict, reportedly used to quarrel regularly with his mother demanding money for drugs.

According to relatives, Nurul suddenly woke up early in the morning, retrieved a sharp dao kept in the house, and began hacking his sleeping mother on the neck and various parts of her body while other family members were asleep. Awakened by Rezia Khatun's screams, family members rushed in and saw Nurul attempting to flee the bed after hacking his mother. When the family informed neighbors, local residents and relatives detained Nurul and handed him over to the Sunamganj Sadar Model Police Station.

Sub-Inspector (SI) Johab Ali of Sunamganj Sadar Model Police Station, citing relatives of the deceased, stated that frequent quarrels used to take place between the mother and son over demands for drug money. Early Friday morning, while family members were asleep, Nurul woke up, severed his mother's throat with a sharp weapon, and indiscriminately hacked her to death on the spot.

Police have recovered the body of Rezia Khatun and sent it to the morgue at the 250-bed Sunamganj District Sadar Hospital for an autopsy.

-MT

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