Jhenaidah: A woman and her mother were allegedly stabbed to death by his ‘mentally retarded’ son at Nauda village in Maheshpur municipality area early Friday.

The deceased were identified as Marjina Khatun, 55 and her mother Shamsunnahar, 70 of the village, reports the UNB.

Rashedul Alam, officer-in-charge of Maheshpur Police Station, said Imran Hossain, 22, a ‘mentally retarded’ son of Marjina used to hit Marjina and Shamsunnahar over giving him medicine.

Imran had an altercation with his mother and grandmother as they tried to give him medicine around 3:00am.

At one stage, Imran stabbed Marjina and Shamsunnahar indiscriminately, leaving them critically injured.

Later, they were taken to Jashore Medical College Hospital where the duty doctors declared them dead.

Marjina used to live at her parent’s house as she got divorced with her husband.