News Desk :
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her four-month-old daughter from a locked house at Ramgarh upazila in Khagrachhari district on Monday evening.
The deceased were identified as Pinky Akter, 25, wife of Mohammad Solaiman of Madhupur village under Patachhara union in the upazila, and her daughter.
Pinky’s brother Imran Hossain Sujon said Solamain was involved in an extra-marital affair and he often locked into quarrel with his sister centering the matter.
On Thursday, he left his elder daughter Sultana, 4, at a relative’s house in Noakhali district. Later, he killed his wife and daughter sometime on Friday and went into hiding, he alleged.
Imran came to visit his sister after not getting any news from her for several days and smelled bad odour coming from the house.
Being informed by him, locals broke open the door and found them slaughter lying on floor.
Regarding the matter, Ramgarh Police Station officer in-charge (OC) Mohammad Shamsuzzaman said the killings might have occurred due to family feud.
Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Khagrachhari Sadar Hospital morgue.
The deceased’s family filed a case and police are trying to arrest the accused, the OC added.