New details have emerged in the murder case of a Hindu family of four who were killed inside their locked home in Bangladesh’s Rangpur city.
The retired schoolteacher and three members of his family were murdered after confronting two neighbours, also Hindu, who had allegedly gone to their rooftop to consume yaba– a methamphetamine-based drug, according to police.
Suspect Arrested
Police said the incident took place late on Thursday night when Mugdho and Siddhartha allegedly climbed onto the roof of the Chakraborty family’s two-storey house in the Machuapara area of Rangpur to consume yaba. Hearing noises from upstairs, Ganapati Chakraborty went there to check. Siddharth runs a fish business, while Mugdha worked as a goldsmith.
The bodies of Ganapati Chakraborty (65), his wife Pritilata Chakraborty (50), their daughter Agami Chakraborty Prarthi (23), and their son Priyam Chakraborty (12) were recovered from their home on Saturday. Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mabud told Bangladeshi media that two suspects — maternal cousins Siddhartha Das (19) and Mugdha Das (23) — had been arrested in connection with the killings.
Their faces had been burned using an inflammable substance, police said. The suspects allegedly used a towel that Chakraborty was carrying to strangle him, according to a report by the Daily Star. Police also found evidence suggesting the duo had attempted to test a gold bangle using fire, according to the Prothom Alo report.
