Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her 10-year-old daughter from Dhaka's Badda area early today.
The deceased were identified as Mahmuda Haque Bristy, 33, and her daughter Sanja Marwa, 10.
Law enforcers recovered the bodies from Badda's Farazy Hospital around 3:00am and sent them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Sadek Mia, sub-inspector of Badda Police Station.
They also detained Bristy's husband Md Selim, 40, from Farazy Hospital after the victims' relatives accused him of killing the two.
Selim and other relatives took the bodies to Farazy Hospital, the SI added.
Sohel Sikder, Bristy's uncle, said Selim called her family members around 2:00am and said his wife and daughter drank poison at their Merul Badda house.
"I rushed there and found them lying unconscious. Selim was in the room and neighbours were taking care of their nine-month-old son," he said.
Sohel alleged that the relationship between the couple turned sour following Selim's extramarital affairs.
