No clue found yet

Police are yet to find any clue in connection with the death of an elderly couple in Netrakona.

Police recovered the bodies of the couple -- retired schoolteacher Mihir Kanti Biswas, 70, and his wife Tulika Chanda Biswas, 58, an NGO worker of Bablu Sarani area -- on Friday.

Sumon Biswas, the only son of the couple, who were found dead in their home in Saptai area of Netrakona town, filed a case yesterday with Sadar Police Station, accusing unknown people.

In the case statement, Sumon also said two mobile phone sets and other valuables worth around Tk three lakh were looted from the house, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the police station Ameer Taimur.

He said they are investigating the incident considering different motives, but none has been found as yet.

Quoting Sumon, the OC said the family did not have any feud with anyone. Sumon could not say why the incident took place, the OC added.

No one was arrested or looted valuables recovered as of filing of this report.

A team of Police Bureau of Investigation, led by Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abu Baker Siddique, visited the spot yesterday and talked with the neighbours of the couple.

Primarily, police suspected that the couple might have been killed by suffocation to loot valuables from the house, the ASP said.

The bodies bore no injury marks and they might have died two or three days ago, police said.

The miscreants looted valuables including gold and cash from the house but police are yet to assess the actual price of the looted goods, the ASP added.

Joydev Chowdhury, superintendent of Netrakona police, and other police officials visited the spot.

The bodies were cremated at a local cremation ground yesterday after autopsy at Netrakona General Hospital, police said.