Tragedy At Pallabi: Family of four found dead at home
NN Desk :
The bodies of a couple and their two children have been found inside a home in Dhaka’s Wapda Bihari camp area, as investigators began an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
Police identified the deceased as Mohamamd Masum, 35, his wife Fatema Akter Sumi, 30, and their two children– Minhaz, 4, and Asad, 2.
Farzina Nasrin, additional deputy police commissioner (Mirpur), yesterday said Masum, a rickshaw-puller used to live with his family at a tin-shed house at Wapda-3 building in Pallabi-11 area.
His wife used to work as a domestic help in different households.
According to local people, the family had taken loans from various local associations and was under heavy debt.
They said lenders frequently visited their house to demand repayment.
“It primarily appears that the couple killed their two children before committing suicide,” said Farzina Nasrin.
An investigation is underway to ascertain the exact cause behind the deaths of four people, she added, reports UNB.
According to police, Masum worked as a rickshaw puller. He had grown up in the Mirpur Bihari Camp, where the family had been living since after the Liberation War of 1971. His wife, Sumi, was from Jhenaidah, Pallabi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) AKM Alamgir Jahan told the media.
The OC said Masum’s body was found on the ground floor of a house in the camp, while the bodies of the other three family members were recovered from a bed. He added that the cause of death could not be determined immediately.
Based on preliminary information from neighbours, police said the family was under financial stress. Investigators are initially suspecting that the couple may have taken their own lives after killing their children due to debt-related distress.
The exact cause of death will be confirmed after post-mortem examinations. Investigations are ongoing to determine whether the deaths resulted from homicide or suicide.
After the inquest, the bodies were sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for autopsies.