Mystery of the death of widow, her daughter and son

Dhaka, May 15 – The doctor in charge of conducting post mortem on the three mysterious dead bodies in the capital’s Uttarkhan area said there might be cases of both murder and suicide in the incident.
Dr Sohail Mahmud, the head of forensic department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said it is not clear at this point that who had committed murder and who had committed suicide; those can only be confirmed after the viscera report.
“If someone died by taking poison, then it will be on the viscera report. Then it could be identified who was murdered and who committed suicide” On Tuesday Sohel Mahmud visited the crime spot.
Earlier, the post-mortem examination of three bodies found that the mother and the daughter were choked to death, while the son’s throat was silt by a sharp weapon.
Sohel Mahamud, on Monday confirmed the findings. The bodies bore wounds inflicted by a sharp weapon, he said.
“There are injury mark inflicted by a sharp weapon on the neck and abdomen of the mother. But she and her daughter were strangled to death with a towel. The boy’s throat was slit with a sharp knife,”
he added.
On Sunday, police had found the bodies of a widow, her son and daughter in their rented house at Uttarkhan.
Locals identified the deceased as Jahan Ara Mukta, 48, her son Muhib Hasan Rocky, 28, who had recently appeared for the BCS preliminary examination, and daughter Tasfiya Sultana Meem, 20, who was physically challenged.
Khalilur Rahman, Officer in Charge (OC) Uttarkhan Police station said that the family was in financial crises after their father’s death.
“Being a disabled child and having no job for other child made them frustrated and they may have committed suicide,” said the police officials.
The OC said that the police will investigate the fact that they have committed suicide or have been killed.
Police found a note beside the bodies. It reads: “Our fate and the negligence of our relatives are responsible for our situation. Please donate our properties to the poor after our death.”
Hafizur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner of Uttara, said that the main door was closed from the inside. “We broke open the door to recover the bodies,” he added.
He said there was no sign of any windows being broken. The note was kept under a mobile phone in the living room, he added.
“We are examining all the circumstances to determine the cause of the deaths,” he said.
Locals called the police after they sensed foul smell coming from the house, he said.
The law enforcers suspect the three had died at least two days earlier. – Staff Reporter