Robbers killed them
A primary police investigation found that the couple and their two children who were found dead inside their rented flat in South Keraniganj on Wednesday were murdered by a gang of robbers.
Keraniganj police yesterday said the gang was also involved in Yaba trade.
The dead were identified as Mohammad Saju, 30; his wife Ranjina Begum, 25; their seven-year-old son Imran and two-year-old daughter Sanjida alias Moni. Their identities were confirmed by their relatives at Sir Salimullah Medical College morgue yesterday.
Azizur Rahman, a nephew of Saju, told this correspondent that his uncle lived in his village home at Debiganj of Panchagarh district and studied up to class five. Later he came to South Keraniganj.
Saju was once a rickshaw-puller who later became a truck driver. He also drove CNG-run three wheelers, Azizur said.
Saju had been living with his family in South Keraniganj for about 14 years but he moved to a new flat under the same thana two months ago. It was in the new flat where their bodies were found.
"My uncle's standard of living was very low but during the last Eid he went home in a hired microbus and spent lavishly. In addition to his family, he had three friends with him," said Azizur.
Perhaps he has got some bad company lately, hence he communicates less with his relatives in the village, Azizur quoted some of his relatives as saying.
"We did not even know that Saju uncle moved to a new flat. We actually lost touch with him. Then we were informed by police about their brutal murders," he said.
Jamaluddin Mir, officer-in-charge (OC) of South Keraniganj police station, told The Daily Star that three persons have so far been arrested in this connection.
Police gathered that Saju had lately been mixing with a gang of organised robbers who might have killed him and his family members over intra-gang rivalry and share of Yaba business, said the OC.
On Wednesday, police recovered the bodies and found them gagged and their hands and legs tied behind their backs.
The family never interacted with people in the neighbourhood and Saju went out early in the morning and returned late at night, locals said.
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