3 siblings killed
Three siblings were strangled to death allegedly by their brother in Narsingdi Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
The youth also hacked another brother.
The dead are Yeasin, 12, Mariam, 6, and Marzia, 3, said Mohammad Salauddin, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Narsingdi Model Police Station.
Police arrested the alleged killer, Rubel, 23.
But the motive behind the killings could not be known immediately.
After turning off the main electricity switch, Rubel entered the room of their house in Alukbali village in a remote char area around 10:00pm. Three of his siblings were sleeping there and he strangulated them to death, the OC said.
Yeasin and Mariam were at a room while Marzia was sleeping at another room. Their father Abul Kalam was outside.
Rubel then went to his elder brother Atiqur Rahman, 25, who is a teacher of Darulsunnat Islamia Madrasa. He called out Atiqur of the madrasa, saying that their mother was sick. As soon as they reached in front of the nearby mosque, Rubel started hacking his brother indiscriminately, the police official said.
Hearing Atiqur's screams, locals caught Rubel and handed him over to police, the OC said.
Locals said Rubel married Sufia Begum of his village four years ago and the couple has a three-year-old daughter.
Sufia said her husband used to attend different religious gatherings. She recently noticed some changes in her husband, who asked her to follow religious activities properly.
She has been living in her parents' house for the last three days.
Kulsum Begum and Abul Kalam, parents of Rubel, said their son Rubel had been asking them to stop all kind of household activities for the last three or four days. Rubel was even locked in an altercation with his elder brother Atiqur over a family matter.
Shahriar Alam, additional superintendent of Narsingdi police, said they were investigating the incident to find out the motive behind the killings.
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