Elderly couple murdered

A couple were hacked to death in their home allegedly by a college student in Mymensingh on Saturday night.
The victims are Abdul Haque, 68, a retired postmaster and his wife Rayhatunnessa, 63, a retired headmistress of Akua Govt Primary School in the town.
Neighbours caught the alleged killer, Golam Mustafa Mithu, when he was trying to flee the house, police said.
During primary interrogation, he admitted to the killing for money, said Abu Md Fazlul Karim, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station. Mithu, 23, of Jhenidah, is a fifth-semester student of Fashion Design in Mymensingh's Rumdo Institute of Modern Technology.
He got acquainted with the couple through his sister, who used to be a tenant there two years ago.
On several occasions, he demanded Tk 35,000 in loan from the couple to pay his college fees, said Mazedur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Detective Branch of police of the district.
On Saturday, Mithu went to the couple's house, where they used to live alone, around 10:00pm and asked for the money again. Refused, he started slashing Rayhatunnessa with a machete in her chest and neck, police said.
When Abdul Haque came to her rescue from the adjacent room, Mithu attacked him with the machete.
Neighbours rushed to the spot on hearing screams, and caught Mithu when he was trying to run away. The neighbours then found the bodies lying in a pool of blood on the first floor of the house.
Police later recovered the bodies and also the machete used in the killing.
The couple have two sons who live in Dhaka, family sources said.