Police found the four bodies in different parts of the house, including the roof, staircase and under a bed (Image credit: @HinduUnityBD on X)
The bodies of Ganapati Chakraborty, 65, his wife Pritilata, 50, their daughter Agami, 23, and their 12-year-old son Priyam were recovered from their home in the Daspara (Machhuapara) area around 11.30pm on Saturday, police said, suspecting strangulation and robbery in inital probe.
Meanwhile, Sanatan Chakrabarty, deputy commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police and head of the Detective Branch, said the victims were initially suspected to have been strangled. Police later arrived, broke the lock and entered the house, where they recovered the bodies,” she said. Four members of a Hindu family, including a retired schoolteacher, were found dead inside their locked home in Bangladesh’s Rangpur city under suspicious circumstances, with police investigation under way, as per ANI citing local media. The main gate of the house was locked and all the lights inside were off.
“We came to Daspara on Saturday night after finding their phones switched off.
Pritilata’s sister Puja Chakraborty told The Daily Star that all four phones had been switched off since Thursday night. The family had not been heard from since Thursday.
However, nothing can be confirmed until the investigation is completed,” Chowdhury said, as quoted by Bangladesh local The Daily Star. The bodies were sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for autopsies, while police, CID and Detective Branch teams launched a joint investigation. “The household belongings were found scattered and in disarray. For now, it appears to be a robbery.