No traces of drugs were found in the dope tests of Siddhartha Das and Mugdha Das, the two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of four members of a family in Rangpur, police said Monday.
Rangpur Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (DB) Sanatan Chakraborty said the test results were received on Monday afternoon.
A Detective Branch team collected urine samples from the two suspects at Rangpur Central Jail on Sunday after a court approved a police request for their dope tests. As the suspects could not be taken outside the jail due to security concerns, a technologist and an assistant from the Rangpur Medical College laboratory collected the samples inside the facility.
Police said the negative drug test results would not affect the ongoing investigation, noting that the samples were collected nearly 10 days after the suspects were arrested. Officials said drugs may no longer have been detectable in their systems by the time the tests were conducted.
The investigation into the case is still underway, said Inspector Jinnat Ali, the investigation officer and a member of the Metropolitan Detective Branch.
The four victims—retired Rangpur Zilla School teacher Ganapati Chakraborty Jewel, 65, his wife Pritilata Chakraborty Bala, 50, daughter Agami Chakraborty Prarthi, 25, and son Ayush Chakraborty Priyam, 12—were found dead at their home in Rangpur city on the night of August 22.
According to police, all four victims had been strangled.
Siddhartha, 19, and Mugdha, 23, both residents of the city’s Machuapara area, were arrested the following day in connection with the killings. They are currently being held at Rangpur Central Jail.
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