Indigenous couple killed in home
An elderly couple belonging to indigenous Marma community was murdered at their home in Bandarban's Lama upazila yesterday.
Kya Hla Marma, 72, and his wife Ching Hla Marma, 65, of Yangcha Chhoto Para area were living a peaceful life, said family members and neighbours.
Their daughter-in-law Maydu Marma, 30, who live some 100 yards from the couple's house, found them dead with their throats slit around 6:30am when she went to wake them up for breakfast, said police and family members.
There were several injury marks in their bodies, she said.
“Like other days, I went to my father-in-law's house in the morning, but saw their dead bodies,” Maydu added.
The victims got married about five decades ago. Kya Hla, a former Fashiakhali union parishad member, was the father of three sons and three daughters.
Police were yet to find the motive behind the killing which resembles recent murders of people belonging to different faiths and ideologies.
On July 1 last year, indigenous farmer Mong Shwe Lung Marma, 55, was hacked to death in Baishari area in Naikkhangchhari upazila of the district. On May 14, Buddhist monk U Damma Oaing Cha Bhikkhu, 73, was found dead with his throat slit in his temple in the same area.
Law enforcers are yet to make any headway in the murder cases.
Sanjith Kumar Roy, superintendent of police in Bandarban, said police were investigating yesterday's incident keeping in mind possible militant links, among other things.
Law enforcers collected evidence from the crime scene, he added.
The victims' son Mong Kya Hla Marma, 33, said his father had no enmity with anyone in the area.
“My parents were very pious,” he said, adding that he had seen some strangers in the area a few days ago.
Aung Shwe Prue Marma, karbari (village chief) of Yangcha Chhoto Para, said the elderly couple used to pray for most part of the day.
“They were very kind-hearted. It is hard to believe that they were brutally killed,” he said.
Panic spread among locals following the incident. Members of police and the army were deployed there to beef up security.
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