The dead are Ruma Akter, 38, and Nafia Akter, 12. The incident occurred at their home in the city’s Khagdohor Fakirbari on Wednesday evening, Kotwali Model Police Station OC Mahmudul Islam said. The accused, Shafiqul Islam Shahin is a timber merchant. Shafiqul tried to kill his elder daughter ‘Labanya’ when she caught him red-handed strangling her mother and sister, the OC said. OC Mahmudul said police believed Shafiqul murdered his wife and daughter following a family dispute.

Source: bd News24 January 15, 2020 15:33 UTC