Sons of Bangladeshi couple murdered in US sent to jail

Two Bangladeshi-Americans arrested for their suspected involvement in the murder of their parents at San Jose, in California, have been sent to jail.

San Jose Police Department (SJPD) said a court ordered non-bailable detention for Hasib Bin Golam Rabbi and his 17-year-old brother, whose name has been withheld for being underage.

Hasib, 22, was arrested in Tracy, California, and his brother in San Jose on Wednesday, SJPD said in an updated media release on Thursday.

The elder brother was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail, while the other into the Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall, for murder.

The couple – Golam Rabbi, 59, and Shamima Rabbi, 57 – were found murdered in their San Jose home in the United States a few days ago.

Bangladeshi community members said they would be buried at Five Pillar Farm graveyard in Livermore city after the funeral prayer at Muslim Community Association in Santa Clara on Friday noon.

People close to the family said the two siblings might be paroled for the funeral.

Rabbi, a younger brother of Imdad Sitara Khan Foundation Chairperson Sitara, was an engineer and Shamima an accountant. They had been living in the United States for decades.

The Rabbi couple were members of the Evergreen Islamic Center and were described as “simple, gentle souls” by friends.

A note was found in the house that read, "Sorry, my first kill was clumsy."

Police also found a longer note on the wall that read, "I can't be like you, telling a lie. I can't love someone without telling them."

This note led police to the conjecture that the couple were murdered by someone they knew.

After speaking to their younger son, who was not a suspect until then, police learnt that the elder son had been out of reach.

Finally, they arrested both the brothers on Wednesday night.