Dinajpur: Awoman and her son were found dead at Dakhkhin Joydebpur village in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur on early Monday, reports UNB.

The deceased are Bakul Akhter, 27, wife of Soharab Ali Bhutto, and their son Bijon Babu, 4.

Police and locals said Bhutto, son of late Heyatullah Sarkar of Dakhkhin Joydebpur village, married Bakul, daughter of Akkas Ali, of the same village five years ago.

Bhutto was a drug addict and it was a matter of discontent in the family.

An altercation ensued between the couple on Sunday night after Bhutto returned home taking drugs.

At one stage, Bhutto killed his wife with sharp weapons and later, killed his son Bijon in the same way as the child began screaming seeing the slaughtering of his mother.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy.

A police team also arrested the alleged killer from the village early hours on Monday, said sub-inspector of Kotwali Police Station Dipen Chandra.