Mother, 2 daughters murdered in N’ganj

An alleged drug addict apparently slit the throats of his sister-in-law and her two minor daughters and then stabbed his own daughter at a house in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj yesterday.

Police arrested Abbas Mia in connection with the murders of 26-year-old Nasrin Begum and her daughters Nusrat, 8, and Khadiza, 2, in the afternoon.

Abbas’ 15-year-old mentally and physically challenged daughter Sumaiya was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition.

The bodies had multiple stab wounds, Harun-Ur-Rashid, superintendent of Narayanganj police, told journalists after visiting the home at a six-storey building in CI Khola area.

The SP claimed that Abbas killed the three around 8:00am yesterday after he had an altercation with his wife the night before. His wife Yasmin Begum and Sumaiya had then gone to Nasrin’s home to stay. 

Nasrin’s husband Suman Mia, who works at a filling station, said he found the front door open when he returned home from work around 10:00am after doing the graveyard shift.

He found the bodies and Sumaiya in pools of blood on the floor and called police. 

“I adored my daughters ... how could they be killed in such a way?” Suman said. 

Abbas’ wife Yasmin, a garment worker, alleged that her husband is a drug addict.

She claimed that she left for work around 7:00am yesterday. Suman called her around 11:00am to tell her about the murders. 

Yasmin said Abbas did not like his in-laws and that the couple fought over the matter several times. 

Wishing not to be named, a tenant of the building said the building’s gate is usually padlocked all the time, apart from 7:30am to 8:30am when people go to work.  

The Daily Star correspondent saw a ransacked and bloodstained room in which the bodies were lying. 

Police sent those to Narayanganj General Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Sazzad Romon, inspector of Special Branch of Police in Narayanganj.

Inspector Enamul Haq of Detective Branch of Police in Narayanganj said they caught Abbas at Siddhirganj’s Power House area.

Officer-in-Charge Kamrul Faruk of Siddhirganj Police Station said they detained Yasmin, Suman, landlord Anwar Hossain and caretaker of the house Kabir Hossain for interrogation.