The killers of the wife of a former police official and the housemaid in a Jatrabari flat were familiar to the victims, said investigators yesterday.
They said the killers used to visit the house often, but could not ascertain whether any family conflict had led to the murders.
On Tuesday evening, police recovered the bodies of Raushan Ara, 60, and the housemaid, Kalpana Akhter, 11, from a house in north Jatrabari. Raushan was the wife of late Abdul Quddus, who was a former additional police super.
Raushan’s brother Mozammel Hossain yesterday lodged a murder case with Jatrabari police station against unidentified assailants.
An autopsy was performed on Raushan’s body yesterday and was later handed over to Mozammel.
Mozammel said the body was kept at the morgue of Combined Military Hospital, and would be buried after the return of Raushan’s children from the US and Canada.
Kalpana’s body was also handed over to her family after autopsy.
Iqbal Hossain, sub-inspector of Jatrabari police station and the investigating officer of the case, said Kalpana’s mother Lucky Akhter had been interrogated about the murders.
Mostaq Ahmed Khan, deputy commissioner of police of Wari division, said the investigation into the murders was on but no clues had yet been found.
“We hope to crack the mystery behind the killings shortly,” he added.
A police official involved in the probe said the call history on Raushan’s mobile phone was being analysed.
“We are checking the calls that the victim had made or received before she was killed,” he said.
Police meanwhile detained a suspect named Syed Howladar in connection with the killings on Tuesday night. Some money and gold chains were found in his pocket and investigators suspected that those were stolen from Raushan’s house.
Abani Shankar Kar, officer-in-charge of Jatrabari police station, said Syed was detained from Shahjahanpur Railway Colony area where he works at a garage.
“His colleagues found him upset when he returned to work after a short leave on Tuesday evening,” he added.
