Man takes his own life after killing four in Moulvibazar

Police say a man has committed suicide after killing his wife, mother-in-law and two neighbours in a tea garden in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha Upazila.

Moulvibazar Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 19 Jan 2020, 05:33 AM
Updated : 19 Jan 2020, 08:49 AM

The incident took place in the Pallartal tea garden in Shahbazpur Union around 5:30am on Sunday, said Roksana Begum, assistant sub-inspector of Barlekha Police Station.

The alleged murderer has been identified as ‘Nirmal’ who killed his wife ‘Joly’, mother-in-law ‘Laxmi’, neighbour ‘Basanta’ and his daughter ‘Sheuly’.

“Nirmal married Joly around a year ago and had been living with his in-laws since then,” an official of Pallathol Tea Garden said.

“Nirmal and Joly had an altercation around 5am in the morning. Nirmal started beating Joly at one point and she took shelter in her parents’ room,” an eyewitness said.

Nirmal forcibly entered the room and began to hack Joly with a sharp weapon. When his mother-in-law and the neighbours tried to rescue her, he hacked them as well. After leaving the four dead on the spot, Nirmal committed suicide by hanging himself.

Nirmal was an addict, police said.