Gobindganj/Gaibandha/Representative/

Gobindganj Thana police have arrested mother Kalpana Rani (40) on the charge of strangling a newborn child in Gobindganj upazila of Gaibandha.

Arrested Kalpana Rani Burman wife of Devendra Nath of Darbast Hindu Para Pram of Darbast Union of Gobindganj Upazila.

Kalpana Rani gave a confessional statement under section 164 in the learned court. Kalpana Rani buried the new born child in the house of Devendra Nath Barman of the same village incognito between 1 and 3 am on Wednesday 21st June. After landing, the newborn suffocates the baby by putting his fingers in his nose. Later, to dispose of the dead body, the darvas threw it in the drain water of Manoranjan Roy’s bamboo garden of Hindu Para village.

Investigating officer SI Praloy Kumar Verma said that during the preliminary investigation of the incident, it was learned that Mrs. Kalpana Rani was married to Mr. Devendra Nath Burman (45), son of deceased Ramtanu Chandra Burman (45) in Darbast Hindu Para village about 20/22 years ago. After marriage, 02 children Shri Kanak Chandra Barman (20) and Mrs. Kanika Rani (18) were born in their family. About 8 years ago, during the household after marriage, Mr. Devendra Nath Burman raised suspicions about the behavior of his wife Mrs. Kalpana Rani. Even though he informed his mother-in-law about his wife’s behavior, no action was taken, so the husband Devendra Nath left his home for almost 8 years and is living separately in Boalia area of Gobindganj municipality.

Kalpana’s husband, Devendra Nath, said that after hearing the news that the body of a one-day-old newborn son was floating in the drain of the garden, he saw signs that his wife had just given birth on Wednesday. Later, when he was questioned about the new-born child, he initially denied it, but at one stage of the interrogation, he admitted that the new-born child was his in front of the people around him.

Police inspector Bulbul Islam confirmed the incident and said that the body of the newborn baby was recovered and sent to the morgue after receiving news from the locals and the accused was arrested and handed over to the court.