Killer arrested

Police have arrested the man who murdered his cousin's wife and their daughter when looting valuables from their house in Chittagong on May 7.

Victims Nasima Begum and her daughter Ria Akther Falguni were found dead with hack injuries in the rented flat in Sadarghat area.

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At a press conference at Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) headquarters yesterday, detectives revealed how and why the murders were committed and how they apprehended the perpetrator on Tuesday.

The arrestee, Md Belal Hossain, 19, is a cousin of Nasima's husband Shah Alam.

Police said Belal confessed he committed the murders when he looted their house to get money to marry his fiancé. 

On the day, Belal broke into the flat with a butcher around 9:00am, after Shah Alam's sons left for school. When Nasima noticed Belal, he stabbed her indiscriminately.  He also stabbed Ria to death.

Belal took away Tk 60,000, gold weighing over one tola and two mobile phones.

Police arrested Belal on Tuesday night after tracking his mobile phone, said Tanvir Arafat, additional deputy commissioner of CMP.