UNB, Dhaka :
A man allegedly strangulated his wife and minor son to death in the city’s Mirpur area on Wednesday evening.
Police arrested the man, Amanullah alias Aman, 40, for killing his wife Irin Akhter, 32, and son Sabbir, 7.
Quoting locals, police said Aman was residing at a flat on the top floor of a five-storey building at 67/A Madhya Paikpara under Mirpur Police Station. Aman started shouting saying miscreants strangled his wife and son inside their flat on Wednesday evening.
Being informed, neighbours went to the flat and whisked off Irin to nearby Delta Hospital while Aman took Sabbir to Suhrawardy Hospital. Both were declared dead by attending doctors at the respective hospitals.
Being informed, Mirpur thana police arrested Aman from the Suhrawardy Hospital suspecting his involvement in the double murders.