[Dhaka Tribune] Police last night recovered five of a family with throats slit in a house in Baburail area of Narayanganj sadar upazila.The dead are Taslima, 35, her daughter Sumayia, 7, son Shanto, 10, brother Morshedul Islam, 20, and sister-in-law Lamia, 20.
According to police, the murders might have been committed sometime between Friday night and yesterday morning.
Taslima's brother-in-law Shobuj said he and his mother found the two-room apartment locked from the outside when they came to visit the family yesterday afternoon. They tried Taslima's mobile phone but found it unreachable. Even the neighbours could not give them any idea where the family could have gone.
Several hours later they informed police, who came and broke into the apartment and found the dead bodies -- three on the floor in one room and the two others in the second room, Shobuj said.
Mohammad Ali, deputy inspector general of police, who visited the scene of the crime late last night, said they were primarily suspecting that the murders might be results of family feud.
The DIG also said that they had so far locked away
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two people in connection with the murders.
Based on primary findings, police believe that the killers were possibly acquaintances of the family and paid frequent visits. Investigators are also ruling out theft or robbery because nothing so far have been reported missing from the small apartment and there were no signs of struggle.
While talking to our Narayanganj correspondent Tanvir Hossain, Taslima's mother Morsheda Begum said the killings might be result of disputes over money matters that her son-in-law Shafiqul Islam might have had with some lenders in Dhaka.