Investigators suspect a flammable substance has been used on the victims’ faces
Earlier, police did not allow us to go near the bodies,” Puja said. Sumit Chowdhury, acting superintendent of police of CID Rangpur, told The Daily Star that investigators suspected a flammable substance had been used on the victims’ faces. Puja said the family had not been heard from since Thursday and all four phones were switched off.
“When we received the bodies in the evening, we found that their faces had been burned. The bodies were found in different parts of the house. The mother and daughter were found on the staircase, Ganapati’s body was recovered from the roof, while Priyam was found under a bed. Police also found cupboards and drawers opened and belongings scattered, suggesting an attempt to make the killings appear to be a robbery. Evidence allegedly indicated an attempt to test a gold bangle using fire, while two phones belonging to the victims had been submerged in water mixed with detergent, apparently to destroy evidence. Police later broke open the locked main gate and found the bodies.
Police initially suspected that the family had been strangled, with the killings believed to have taken place between midnight on Thursday and early Friday.
Pritilata’s younger sister Puja Chakraborty said the family noticed that the victims’ faces had been burnt when the bodies were handed over to them, according to Bangladesh’s The Daily Star. A Hindu family of four was found murdered inside their locked home in Bangladesh’s Rangpur city, with investigators uncovering disturbing details about the killings and an alleged attempt to destroy evidence.