Published : 23 Aug 2026, 09:19 PM
Updated : 08 Sep 2026, 09:35 AM
Retired teacher Ganapati Chakraborty and three members of his family were killed at their home in Rangpur after allegedly objecting to two men using yaba, police have said.
Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mabud gave details of the killings at a press conference on Sunday.
The bodies of Ganapati, his wife Pritilata Chakraborty, daughter Agami Chakraborty Parthi and son Ayush Chakraborty Priyam were recovered from their locked home in Machuapara on Saturday night.
Locals alerted the authorities when a foul smell began coming from inside.
The officer said two men, Mugdha Das, 23, and Siddhartha Das, 19, were detained early on Sunday. Both are from the Machuapara area.
According to the police commissioner, the two accessed the roof of Ganapati's house via an adjacent building. They first killed Ganapati after he objected to their use of yaba and then killed his wife, daughter and son one by one.
After the killings, the two suspects allegedly took showers in the bathroom, then sat at the dining table, ate dates and consumed the remaining yaba before leaving with some gold ornaments.
Police said the ornaments and other evidence were recovered from an abandoned area based on information provided by the detainees.
Ganapati's body was found on the roof of the two-storey house, while his wife's and daughter's bodies were found on the stairs. Priyam's body was recovered from under a bed.
The bodies were sent to the morgue at Rangpur Medical College Hospital around 4am for a postmortem examination. Police had initially said the four were apparently strangled.
Ganapati retired from teaching in December last year and ran a homeopathic practice at his house. His daughter Agami had completed her master's examination in English at Carmichael College, while his son Priyam was a Class V student at Rangpur Zilla School.
Police said the house's electricity connection had been cut when the bodies were recovered. Moreover, money and places where gold ornaments were kept had also been broken into. Investigators believe the killings may have taken place two to three days before the bodies were found.
Police Commissioner Mabud said the house had been deliberately ransacked to make it look like a robbery and mislead the investigation.
He also said two mobile phones had been soaked in water mixed with detergent in an attempt to destroy evidence.
“We are investigating whether there was any other motive or others involved in the incident,” he said, adding that the investigation and questioning of the two detainees were continuing.
