UNB, Khulna :
Police arrested a couple from Mohammadnagar area of the city early Friday in connection with the killing of a man and his daughter in the capital’s Badda area.
The arrestees are Shahin Mallik, 22, and his wife Masuma, 20, who were sublet tenants at the victim’s residence. They fled the house after the double murder. On secret information, a joint team of Labanchara Police Station and Badda Police Station conducted a drive at the house of Shahin’s brother around 5am and arrested them, said Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of the local police station.
Later, the arrestees were sent to Dhaka, said the OC. On Thursday, Jamil Sheikh, 38, and his daughter Nusrat Sheikh, 9, were found dead at their rented house at Moynarbagh in Badda area of the capital.
Police had detained Jamil’s wife Arjina from the crime scene for interrogation. Shahin had an alleged extramarital affair with Arjina, said Ashraful Kabir, senior assistant commissioner (Badda Zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Police arrested a couple from Mohammadnagar area of the city early Friday in connection with the killing of a man and his daughter in the capital’s Badda area.
The arrestees are Shahin Mallik, 22, and his wife Masuma, 20, who were sublet tenants at the victim’s residence. They fled the house after the double murder. On secret information, a joint team of Labanchara Police Station and Badda Police Station conducted a drive at the house of Shahin’s brother around 5am and arrested them, said Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of the local police station.
Later, the arrestees were sent to Dhaka, said the OC. On Thursday, Jamil Sheikh, 38, and his daughter Nusrat Sheikh, 9, were found dead at their rented house at Moynarbagh in Badda area of the capital.
Police had detained Jamil’s wife Arjina from the crime scene for interrogation. Shahin had an alleged extramarital affair with Arjina, said Ashraful Kabir, senior assistant commissioner (Badda Zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
