Man held for ‘killing wife, 5-month-old daughter’ in Rajshahi
A man was arrested from Gabtoli bus stand in Dhaka early yesterday on charges of killing his wife and five-month-old daughter in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila on Monday.
The arrestee -- Firoz Mandal (35) -- allegedly killed his wife Poly Begum (23) and daughter Fariha sometime between 10:30pm and 11:30pm while he was trying to take away his wife's gold jewellery, said Rezaul Islam, officer-in-charge of Puthia Police Station.
On information, police recovered the bodies from their house in Fakirpara area of Gopalhati and sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for autopsies.
Citing family members and neighbours, the OC said Firoz was an addict.
The OC said after learning that Firoz fled to Dhaka on a bus, they informed Darussalam police, who arrested him around 5am.
He has been kept at Darussalam Police Station in the capital. A police team has been sent to Dhaka to bring him to Rajshahi, the OC added,
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