A five-member family was drugged and robbed of valuables at a house of Notunbazar in the capital’s Badda in the early hours of yesterday.
Sekander Ali, his wife Momena Begum, daughters Shilpi Akhter and Simi Akhter, son Abdul Mumin, were admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).
A neighbor named Neighbour Motiar Rahman said he along with his wife had discovered the family at their house in the morning in an unconscious state, when they went to visit them.
He said: “Besides them, we found broken utensils and furniture and some boxes of gold ornaments lying on the floor, scattered. We rushed the victims to DMCH with the help of others.”
After regaining consciousness, the daughter Simi told reporters that there was a boy named Sagar from Bogra with whom her father Sekander had met at a city shopping mall around a month ago.
Introducing himself as an orphan, the boy managed to build a good relationship with their family. He used to address her father as father and her mother as mother, she said.
She said, “Last night he came to visit us with sweets, biscuits and soft drinks. We had dinner together and after taking the soft drinks, we fell asleep. I can’t remember anything further.”
Victim Simi said the boy had remained missing since morning. His bag of clothes was not found at home either.
Taking for granted that they boy was truthful and good-natured, the family however did not try to verify the boy’s identity.
Simi however could not say much about the details of the valuables robbed from the house until she could verify what is missing when she is able to go home from the hospital.
Badda police said they had not been filed with any complaint in this connection.
