Four of teacher’s family killed over yaba use: police
Four members of a family, including a former schoolteacher, were killed at their home in Machuapara area of Rangpur city after they allegedly objected to two young men taking Yaba on the rooftop of their house, police said on Sunday.
Two youths have been detained in connection with the killing of a retired schoolteacher, his wife and their two children in Rangpur, police said on Sunday.
The detainees are Mugdha Das, 23, son of Kanu Das of Machuapara area, and Siddhartha Das, 19, son of Binoy Chandra Das, as per local media reports.
Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Abdul Mabud said at a press briefing that the four were allegedly killed after they objected to the two suspects’ drug use.
According to police, According to the police commissioner, Mugdha and Siddhartha went to the rooftop of a neighbouring building late Thursday night to consume yaba.
Hearing a noise, Ganapati Chakraborty went to the rooftop and questioned them about their gathering. The suspects allegedly strangled him with a gamcha to conceal their identities, the commissioner said.
Hearing Ganapati’s cries, his wife Pritilata came upstairs and was also allegedly strangled with a gamcha. Their daughter Prarthi then came forward after hearing her mother’s cries and was allegedly killed using a gamcha and rope.
The victims were identified as Ganapati Chakraborty alias Jewel, 65, a former teacher of Rangpur Zilla School, his wife Pritilata Chakraborty, 50, their daughter Parthi Chakraborty Agami, 25, and their son Priyam Chakraborty Ayush, 12, a Class-V student of Rangpur Zilla School.
According to the suspects’ statements to police, Prarthi remained alive for around four to five minutes. The suspects allegedly held a rope around her neck and face before she died.
They then allegedly killed 12-year-old Priyam while he was asleep using a piece of cloth and a pillow.
Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mabud disclosed the details of the gruesome murders at a press conference at his office in the morning.
Police also recovered gold and other valuables from a hole in an abandoned house near a temple in Machuapara.
The two suspects confessed to their involvement in the killings during preliminary interrogation, police said.
The police commissioner said the suspects deliberately scattered household belongings to divert the investigation and make police believe that the family had been killed during a robbery.
According to police, the suspects left the house around noon on Friday during Jumma prayers and hid the stolen gold in a hole in an abandoned house near a temple in the area.
Sidhartho worked at a jewellery shop in the city, while Mukdho worked at a fish shop in the city market, the police commissioner said.
A case has been filed with Kotwali Police Station.
