Mysterious death of woman, her two children

A Barlekha court in the district yesterday sent three women to jail arrested on Friday in connection with the mysterious death of a woman and her two children.

The Barlekha Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court gave the order after police produced the three women before it.

Police arrested Nasima Akter, 25, Alifjan Begum, 42, and Monwara Begum, 52, of Bhularkandi village in Barlekha upazila of the district in connection with the mysterious death of a woman and her two children on Tuesday at the village.

The victims were Majeda Begum, 25, wife of Qatar expatriate Akram Ali, her daughter Laboni Begum, 5, and son Faruq Ahmed, 3.

Majeda's cousin Imran Ahmad yesterday filed a case against seven named people, including the three women, and four to five unnamed others with Barlekha Police Station.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the police station Shahidur Rahman said police are investigating the incident. It seemed a planned killing, the OC said, adding that police recovered the bodies of the mother and her two children from their house on Tuesday night.

Quoting local Union Parishad member, Additional Superintendent of Police Abu Yusuf said Majeda was constructing a tin-roofed house and she went to the spot to see for herself the work on Tuesday afternoon, like she did every day.

A worker found the door of Majeda's house closed from inside in the evening when he went there to bring some construction materials from her. As he did not get any response to his calls, he told some locals about the matter.The locals entered the room breaking open the door and found the bodies.

The police official said the law enforcers found the bodies of mother and daughter hanging from the ceiling, while the boy's body was found lying on the floor.