Two boys, who reportedly died from consuming paracetamol syrup in Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj a week ago, were actually poisoned by their mother, police said after a probe into the closely-watched case, reports bdnews24.com.
The woman laced 'sweets' with poison and gave them to the children to eat, police said.
An extramarital affair was the motive behind the killing, they added.
Police arrested Lima Begum, mother of the two dead boys, from Durgapur village on Wednesday.
Brahmanbaria Additional Police Superintendent Molla Mohammad Shaheen said day labourer Ismail Hossain aka Sujon Khan, the father of the children, has filed a murder case against Lima Begum and her boyfriend Shafiullah.
Lima works in a rice mill in Ashuganj and developed an affair with Shafiullah, another worker there. They decided to get married, the SP said. "As per their plan, Lima killed Yasin and Morsalin by feeding them poisoned sweets. She confessed to doing it during the interrogation."
Seven-year-old Yasin Khan and five-year-old Morsalin Khan died on Mar 10. Lima had claimed that the boys 'fell ill after consuming Napa syrup.'
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