A 33-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter were found dead at their house in Dhaka’s West Merul Badda on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Bristi Akter, wife of SM Selim, 40, and their daughter Sanja Marwa, student of a local madrasa.
Sub-Inspector Sadek Mia of Badda Police Station said that upon getting information from the emergency number 999, police recovered the bodies of Brishti and Sanja around 1:15am.
“They were taken to Bansree Faraji Hospital in critical condition. where the doctors declared them dead around 5:30am,” Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Police camp In-Charge Inspector Bachchu Mia said.
Police suspected that both of them were strangled to death. They also arrested Selim in this connection.
Selim told the police that they committed suicide by having poison. However, the victim's family claims that Selim killed them, SI Sadek Mia said.
Besides, Selim had an extramarital affair.
“The reason for this incident is yet to be known. They are investigating the matter to find out the actual cause,” the SI said.
