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A couple has surrendered to police after beating their drug-addicted son to death in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal.
The deceased was identified as Hasan Gazi, 20, a resident of Sahebganj village under Bakerganj municipality.
Hasan was fatally struck by his father after allegedly vandalising their house and assaulting his parents when they refused to give him money for drugs around 2:00 pm on Tuesday.
The victim’s parents, Jafar Gazi and 38-year-old Nazma Begum, went to Bakerganj Police Station around 3:30 pm, admitted to killing their son, and requested the police to arrest them.
Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bakerganj Police Station, said, “Initial investigations suggest that Hasan, who was addicted to drugs, would often demand money from his parents. On Tuesday afternoon, when they refused, he began vandalising furniture in the house.”
|As his parents attempted to intervene, a scuffle broke out. At one point, they struck him with an iron pipe, hitting his head and neck, which led to his death on the spot,” said the OC.
Later, police recovered the body and sent it to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.