Police recovered the bullet-hit body of an industrialist and his wife from their house in the capital’s Banani area last night.
Deceased Abdur Rauf, chairman of Afsar Group, and his wife Roksana Parvin resided in house no 60/2/A on road 5 of Banani DOHS. Their children were out of home at the time of incident.
Locals informed police hearing screams and gunshots around 7pm. The relation of Rauf and Roksana had not been well for the last couple of days, they said.
Iqbal Hossain, a friend of Rauf, told the Dhaka Tribune that the businessman had been going through tense situation for the last couple of days about his business since it was not going well.
Kudrat-e-Khuda, an assistant commissioner of police, told the Dhaka Tribune that police had recovered the bodies around 8:30pm. “Our team is working on it while members of the crime scene unit of the CID have collected samples from the spot,” he added.
Rauf has three sons and one daughter. His elder two sons live in Gulshan while the youngest son and the daughter used to live with them. During the time of incident, daughter Hanifa, 15, was out of home for tuition. The younger son was also outside. They both came back after 7pm and found the bodies.
Only a female domestic help, aged between 20 and 30, was in the house during the incident. The police are interrogating her.
Nayeem Ahmed, elder son of the deceased, went to the spot. He told the Dhaka Tribune that tension was there between his parents over selling a property. His father was facing losses in business.
“They often locked in clashes since father wanted to sell the property while mother did not.”
Sources in police said the body of Roksana was found on the bed while Rauf’s body on a chair in front of the bed. A licensed firearm was also recovered from the spot.
In primary assessment, the law enforcers suspected that Rauf might have killed his wife first and later shot himself at a point of arguments.
Col Ziaul Ahsan, the additional director general of Rapid Action Battalion, said the woman’s body was found on the bed with her face down while Rauf’s head had a bullet injury. Examining the spot, “we are assuming that Rauf first killed his wife and then committed suicide,” he said.
Meer Rezaul Alam, joint commissioner (crime) of police, said a pistol and two rounds of bullets were recovered from the spot.