Throat-slit bodies of four members of a family were found in their house at Jainabazar area of Sreepur Upazila in Gazipur on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Fatema Akter, 4, wife of Redoan Hossen Kajal, a Malaysian expatriate from Golabari village in Langair Union of Pagla police station in Mymensingh, her eldest daughter Nura, 14, youngest daughter Haorin, 11, and disabled son Fadil, 6.
They had been living in their house on purchased land.
Expatriate Kajal’s younger brother Ariful Islam said that his elder brother Kajal has been living in Malaysia for a long time. His brother has no enemies.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rasel Sheikh said the children’s uncle spotted the bodies and informed police.
The ASP said they suspect that the four have been murdered.