Farmer kills wife, daughter in Chandpur
A farmer killed his wife and two-year-old daughter, being angered at the alleged extra marital affairs of his wife with a man at Matlab South upazila here.
Police recovered the decomposed bodies of Hosne Ara Begum, 20, and her daughter Najneen Begum from a septic tank of farmer Najmul Hossain`s house at Aswinpur village at 1:00pm yesterday, five days after the murders.
Police and locals said Najmul strangled his wife Hosne Ara and daughter Najneen and dumped the bodies to the septic tank of his house on July 19.
After killing them, Najmul told his father-in-law Abul Kashem in Kachua upazila that his wife and daughter have been missing since July 19. The farmer went into hiding after the incident.
Kashem lodged a general diary with the local police station in this connection on July 20.
Police visited the spot but they did not find any trace of the missing woman and her daughter.
Local people caught Najmul, 30, and handed him over to the police at about 12:00 noon yesterday.
On his confessional statement, police recovered the bodies from the septic tank at 1:00pm.
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