SI 'kills wife, himself'

A police sub-inspector and his wife were found dead in their rented flat in the capital's Rupnagar area yesterday evening.

Police suspect Badda Police Station SI Abdus Sattar, 35, committed murder suicide over family feud.

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On being informed, the law enforcers went to their flat on the top floor of a six-story building in Rupnagar residential area in Mirpur and rushed Sattar and his wife, Shampa, 25, to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared them dead around 8:30pm, said SI Salman Hassan of Rupnagar Police Station.

There were bullet holes on their heads, said hospital sources.

Syed Shahid Alam, officer-in-charge of the Rupnagar Police Station, said Shampa was Sattar's second wife.

He said they recovered the SI's firearm and two bullet shells from the spot.

Contacted, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Masudur Rahman echoed Shahid's views.

“Family feud might be the reason behind the incident,” he said.

Shampa was the sister of Sattar's first wife. Sattar and his first wife have a child, he said.   

The security guard of the flat building told The Daily Star that Sattar and Shampa had been living there for the last five months.