Police arrested a man in connection with the deaths of two brothers in Dhaka's Bashundhara after ‘pesticide poisoning through inhalation' on Monday night.
The arrestee is Titu Molla, an employee of the pest control service who sprayed insecticide in the victims' house on Friday, said Md Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Bhatara police station.
Earlier on Monday afternoon, a case was filed against three people by the deceased's father Mobarak Hossain Tushar.
"We are questioning the arrestee," said the OC, adding that the number of accused may increase after interrogation."
Vatara police station Officer-in-Charge ABM Asaduzzaman said the autopsies of the two siblings have been completed and the bodies were handed over to the family.
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According to police and family sources, some employees of a pest control company went to the family's house in Dhaka's Bashundhara residential area on Friday.
The family entered the house some 15 hours after the service was completed.
However, all of the family members allegedly fell sick from the effects of the spray the company used.
Shahir Mobarrat Zayan, 9, died at the house the same day, and Shayan Mobarrat Zahin, 15, died while undergoing treatment at the ICU of Dhaka's Evercare Hospital, said General Manager of Ever Care Hospital Arif Mahmud.
The parents of the siblings were also hospitalized, but fortunately, their condition did not deteriorate any further.
The maternal aunt of the two siblings, Dr Rawnak Jahan Rosy, said the incident took place due to the incompetent employees of the pest control company.
“We contacted the authority of pest control service but did not get any proper reply from them,” she added.
