Father hands over addicted son to cops
A father on Saturday handed over to the police his 22-year-old drug addict son who pushed his mother off the rooftop of their one-storey house in the capital’s Jurain.
The mother, Rahima Begum, 50, was admitted to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor) for knee fractures she had suffered in the fall.
Ruman Hossain shoved his mother off the rooftop after his parents and other family members refused to give him Tk 500 on Saturday morning.
Doctors at Nitor said Rahima would need to have a surgery on her knee.
Ashraf Munshi, Ruman’s father and a socks manufacturer, said Ruman went to the roof and started throwing down materials after he was denied the money.
His mother followed him to the roof to pacify him. But at one stage, a hysterical Ruman pushed her off the rooftop.
Ashraf called the police and handed him over to them after capturing him with the help of locals.
Monir Hossain, Ruman’s brother, told The Daily Star that they had sent him to rehab centres several times but to no avail.
“We want him to stay behind bars for a long time so that he could kick his drug habit,” he said.
-With The Daily Star input
