Father and five-month-old twin daughters found dead in in-laws' home in Banshkhali
Police have recovered the hanging body of a man from a room at his in-laws' house in Madhyam Puichhari Mawlar Para, Ward No. 1 of Puichhari Union in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram. The body was found hanging from a beam of the room at around 6pm on Friday. The bodies of his five-month-old twin daughters were also found in the same room.
The dead man has been identified as Md Jahed Hossain, 50, son of Badiul Alam of Purba Chambal Ajani Para, Ward No. 7 of Chambal Union. His two daughters were named Jarin Jannat and Jasia Jannat.
According to police and local sources, the door of the room was locked from the inside at the time of the incident. On receiving the news, Fire Service and police personnel went to the spot and recovered Jahed Hossain's hanging body from inside the room. The bodies of the two babies lay side by side on the floor next to the bed in the same room.
At the time of the incident, Jahed Hossain's wife and other members of his in-laws' family were out on a family errand. They learned of the matter when they returned home. Relatives, however, could not say whether there was any family dispute.
Local sources said Jahed Hossain married Afia Begum, daughter of Shamsul Alam of Puichhari Union, in a family-arranged marriage one and a half years ago. For the first three months after the wedding, the couple lived in a rented house in the city. Jahed later moved into his in-laws' home with his wife. His occupation could not be confirmed.
Md Mizanur Rahman, an official of the Banshkhali Fire Service and Civil Defence station, said a Fire Service team reached the spot at around 6pm. Jahed Hossain was found hanging from the beam of the room, and the two babies were found dead side by side on the floor next to the bed in the same room.
Banshkhali Police Station officer-in-charge Md Rabiul Haque said the bodies of Jahed Hossain and his two daughters were being sent for autopsy. It is initially being treated as a case of suicide. Legal action will be taken once the autopsy report is received.
