Two sisters found dead at Hazaribagh residence

Staff Reporter :
Two sisters have been found dead inside a flat in Kalinagar area of old Dhaka’s Hazaribagh.

The bodies were recovered on Sunday night. Throat of one of the bodies was found slit. The deceased sisters have been identified as Jesmin Akter, 44, and Nasrin Akter, 30.

Police found the throat-slit body of Jasmine on the spot and took Nasrin to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where physicians declared her dead.

Hazaribagh Police Station’s Officer-in-charge (OC) Ahad Ali confirmed the matter to the The New Nation saying that the two sisters lived at the flat with their mother and a brother.

Their brother was outside the flat while their mother was ill. The OC said quoting the family members that the sisters were mentally ill. They were undergoing treatment.

It is suspected that one of them might commit suicide after killing the other, but nothing can be stated before investigation, the OC said.

DMCH sources said the bodies have been kept at the morgue.