5 people slaughtered to death in Narayanganj

A total of five members of a family including two children have been strangled to death in Narayanganj around 10 pm on Saturday.

The deceased are Morshedul (30), Taslima, Lamia, Shanto (10) and Sumaya (5).

According to police, Taslima`s sister-in-law Hazera Begum went to their home on the ground floor of a five-storey building in the city`s Baburail area around 9:00pm.

She found the door locked from the outside and could not reach the inhabitants over the phone.

Suspecting something was wrong, she along with neighbours broke into the flat and saw the bodies and called in the law enforcers, said police.

Police reached the spot around 10:00pm and recovered the bodies.

The law enforcers picked up two relatives, including Lamia`s husband Sharaif for questioning.

Sharif works at a mobile phone shop in the capital. On Friday he went to Narayanganj. 

Additional Superintendent of Narayanganj Police Mohammad Zakaria told that the murders were probably committed some time between noon and early evening yesterday.