Shawdesh desk:

A drug addicted father reportedly stabbed his 22-day-old son to death at Baraihat village in Aladipur union under Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur on Thursday morning.

Police arrested killer Subash Mahanta, 28, a human hauler driver, son of Sunil Mahanta, from the area, after the incident.

The child’s mother Anamika Mahanta said that Subhash snatched the minor from her lap and hacked him to death at 7:00 am on Thursday.

Fakhrul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Phulbari police station, said that the police recovered the body of the child from the spot after learning about the incident.

A murder case has been registered at the police station in this connection, he said.