Dhaka, Feb. 20 -- Police have arrested a woman for allegedly killing a 7-year-old boy and dumping his body in a plastic drum at a rubbish heap in Dhaka's Gendaria.

The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Maya Begum alias Laboni, was arrested following the recovery of the child's body on Wednesday, according to a media release sent by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday.

The victim Rifat, identified with a single name, had gone missing on Tuesday after going out to play.

His mother Munni Akter had initially filed a general diary with Kadamtali Police Station.

The mystery began to unravel when a plastic drum containing the body of an unidentified child was found in Gendaria on Wednesday night, which Munni later identified as her so...