Mother and daughter found dead in Keraniganj; tutor and sister held

Police recovered the decomposed bodies of a mother and her daughter from a private tutor’s flat in Keraniganj on Thursday. They were allegedly killed over pressure to repay an NGO loan taken by the tutor.

The victims were identified as Rokeya Begum (32) and her daughter Fatema (14), an eighth-grade student. Their bodies were recovered on Thursday night from a flat in the Muktirbagh area under Keraniganj Model Police Station.

Officer-in-Charge M Saiful Alam said we responded to a 999 call around 9:00pm after locals reported a foul smell from a second-floor flat of a five-storey building. Police broke open the door and recovered Rokeya’s body from a box bed and Fatema’s body from the bathroom ceiling, both wrapped in cloth.

Police arrested private tutor Nusrat Nur Jahan and her younger sister Mim, accusing them of killing the duo on December 25 after Rokeya pressured Nusrat to repay a Tk 1.5 lakh loan for which Rokeya was guarantor.

A murder case has been filed, and the accused were sent to court on Friday.