Police recovered bodies of five people, including three women, from different areas of Savar today.
Four of the deceased were identified as Beauty Akter (30), Zakia Akhter Sokhi (25), Ibrahim Hossain Roki (25) and Salman fakir (24) while identity of the other deceased — a 22-year-old woman — could not be known yet, said Mominul Islam, inspector (investigation) of Savar Model Police Station.
Talking to our Savar correspondent, the inspector said that upon being informed by locals, the bodies of four people were recovered from various parts of Savar this morning. The bodies were found hanging from the ceiling in their respective homes.
Of the four, the body of Zakia was recovered from Bhorari area while Ibrahim from Kaundia area and Salman from Bagnibari area, he said.
Beauty’s body was recovered from her room in Tetul Jhora area in the morning, said the police official. Her throat was slit, he added.
“We suspect that four people, including two women, might have died by suicide over family dispute, while Beauty was murdered,” said Mominul.
All five bodies were sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsies, he said.
No case was filed regarding the incidents yet, the inspector added.