A three-year-old boy was killed by his mentally unstable mother at Shantinagar in Khagrachari town on Saturday.
The incident happened around 1:00am and the mother, Sabina Yasmin Bani, 28, herself informed the landlord about the incident after it occurred.
The child鈥檚 father, Mostafizur Rahman, works at a local pharmaceutical company.
The child鈥檚 uncle, Md Mofizur Rahman, said that Sabina Yasmin had been suffering from mental health issues for a long time and had been under treatment since the birth of her first child.
The police recovered the body from the house and sent it to Khagrachari Modern District Hospital and took Sabina Yasmin into their custody.
Abdul Baten Mridha, officer-in-charge of Khagrachari Sadar police station, said that legal action were underway.