Mother, 2 daughters murdered in Mymensingh
Unknown assailants killed a woman and her two daughters at Bhatta village in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh yesterday, police said.
The dead are Khodeza Begum, 44, and her two daughters Zohora Khatun, 22, and Murshida, 10.
Police recovered the bodies of Khodeza and Murshida, a class III student, from a nearby pond around 6:00am.
Physically challenged Zohora's body was found in a room of their house.
S Alam, officer-in-charge of Phulpur Police Station, suspected that the murder was premeditated and the victims were strangulated to death.
Locals said Khodeza's husband Ali Hossain had a brawl with his neighbour Sufia Begum over a family matter on Friday.
Ali beat up another neighbour Emdad Hossain on Saturday following a quarrel with him over the same issue, they added.
Police said Emdad was admitted to Phulpur Upazila Health Complex and was transferred to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital last night.
Ali Hossain went into hiding after Emdad filed a case against him on Sunday.
However, Ali's brother Mujibur Rahman said Sufia had a quarrel with her (Sufia's) in-laws over the rent of a shallow machine.
An arbitration was held to resolve the issue when Emdad created obstruction resulting in a brawl with Ali and his three brothers, who supported the arbitration.
At one stage, Emdad and his in-laws beat up Sayeda, Mujibur's sister-in-law, and threatened with dire consequences.
Mujibur said Emdad and his accomplices may be behind the killings.
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