Dhaka, April 19 -- Police have arrested a woman on suspicion of killing her two young children at a rented flat in Gazipur's Tongi.

Aleya Begum, 30, was taken into custody on Friday night, Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) Deputy Commissioner NM Nasir Uddin said in a media statement on Saturday afternoon.

"The case is currently under investigation," said GMP Additional Commissioner Zahid Hasan.

The blood-soaked bodies of Maliha Akter, 6, and Mohammad Abdullah, 4, were recovered on Friday evening from the flat in the Arichpur (Jamai Bazar).

Later that night, the victim's father, Abdul Baten Mia, filed a case against unidentified suspects.

Baten, a transport businessman originally from Brahmanbaria's Tatuakandi village, lives with his ...