A case has been lodged with the Shahbag Police Station against a 'drug-addict' father over the death of his two and half year old baby boy at the capital's Bangla Motor area on Wednesday.
The victim Shafayet’s mother Maliha Akhter Priya filed the case last night, police sources said.
Besides, a medical board to conduct Shfayet’s autopsy at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) later today.
Md Aslam, sub-inspector of Shahbag Police Station told the FE that they have launched further investigation into the incident.
Earlier on Wednesday, police recovered the body of Shafayet and also rescued the victim's older brother Surayet, 4, from a house in Bangla Motor area and arrested their father Nuruzzaman Kajol.
Wife of Kajol had left him because of his drug addiction problem. Their two sons had since been living with the father.
