Dinajpur elderly couple found murdered
An elderly couple was found murdered at their residence in Dinajpur's Nawabganj upazila yesterday morning, said police.
The dead are Hafizul Islam, 75, and his wife Fensi Ara Begum, 60, of Shira Polashbari village in the upazila.
The couple has seven children but nobody stayed with them at their home, said police.
Moinul Islam, a local of the village, said that villagers found the couple's bodies in separate rooms at their residence around 10:30pm. Later, they informed the incident to Nawabganj police.
On information, a police team came there and recovered both bodies.
Ferdous Wahid, officer-in-charge of Nawabganj Police Station, said the entrance door of the couple's residence was found open after police arrived there. The victims' mouths were taped and their hands were found tied.
Their houses were also found ransacked, said police.
Preparing an inquest report, police sent the body to M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Police have yet to ascertain the motive behind the couple's murder till filing the report. But, police was suspecting the criminals strangled the couple to death.
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