The incident took place on Tuesday (October 20) morning in Lakshmikol Jholapara village of BL Bari Union of the upazila. Police detained the accused son immediately after the incident by conducting a raid.
The deceased, Surjo Khatun (50), was the wife of Lokman Sardar of the village. Police and locals said that her son, Uddin Sardar (35), is a drug addict. Around 9:30 am on Tuesday, while Surjo Khatun was cooking, Uddin demanded money from her for drugs. As she did not give the money, an altercation took place and at one stage he slit his mother's throat with a sickle kept in the kitchen and fled.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Faridpur Police Station Manzurul Hasan Masud said that after receiving the news, police detained the accused Uddin around 11 am while he was hiding in a neighboring house. Later, based on information provided by him, the sickle used in the killing was seized. The body has been recovered and preparations are underway to send it to the mortuary of Pabna General Hospital for autopsy. A case is being processed for filing in this incident.
