Dhaka, Feb 22 – A young man reportedly strangulated his three younger siblings to death and hacked his elder brother at Alukbali Purbapara village in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi about 30 kilometres east of Dhaka on Tuesday night.The Officer-in-charge of Narsingdi Sadar Police Station Golam Mostafa said, Rubel Hossain, 24, son of Abul Kalam, a resident of Alukbali Purbapara village, entered the room of his three siblings Yasin, 12, Mariam, 7, and Marzia, 3, at night.
Rubel strangulated the trio one by one around 10pm as they were asleep.
Later, he went to the house of his elder brother Atiqur Rahman, a local madrasah teacher, and hacked him with a sharp weapon indiscriminately, leaving him injured.
However, Rubel fled the scene when the neighbours rushed in after hearing Atiqur’s screams.
Meanwhile, local people caught Rubel from an abandoned place, adjacent to the village, on Wednesday morning and handed him over to police, OC Golam Mostafa said.
However, it is not still clear what prompted Rubel to kill his siblings, the OC added.
Dipu Sarkar, chairman of Alukbali UP, said Rubel might have a connection with any militant group. – UNB
