A woman named Kaniz Surbana Swarnali, 22, reportedly killed her nine-month-old son by drowning him in water before taking her own life by hanging in Sabekdanga village of Bagerhat Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. Police recovered both bodies and sent them to Bagerhat 250-bed District Hospital for autopsy. Swarnali was the wife of Jewel Hasan Saddam, president of Bagerhat Sadar Upazila Chhatra League, who is currently imprisoned in Jessore jail in several cases.

According to her brother Shuvo, Swarnali had been suffering from depression due to her husband’s long imprisonment. He said she deeply loved her husband and had been trying to secure his release since his arrest on August 5 following a student-public uprising. Her father, Ruhul Amin Howlader, a Jatiya Party leader, stated that the family did not wish to blame anyone and had requested to take the bodies before autopsy.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Md. Shamim Hossain said the cause of death would be confirmed after autopsy. No formal complaint had been filed as of Friday evening, and legal procedures were underway.