Man stabs wife, father-in-law to death in Laxmipur, reports

Dead body

Laxmipur, Sept 14 - A 22-year-old woman and her 50-year-old father were stabbed to death allegedly by her husband at Charkalakopa village in Ramgati upazila of Laxmipur district on Wednesday night.

The deceased were identified as Rasheda Begum, wife of Md Sumon, and Badsha Mia, Rasheda’s father.

Quoting local people, Mohammad Saifuddin Anwar, officer-in-charge of Ramgati Police Station, said Sumon married Rasheda a few years back and since then he would often torture her over domestic dispute.

Rasheda’s father took her back home and got her remarried, without informing Sumon.

On Wednesday night, Sumon went to his in-laws’ house to bring back Rasheda but upon arrival, he was informed that Rasheda had remarried.

At one stage, Sumon stabbed Rasheda, her father Badsha and her mother Anguri Begum. Rasheda and Badsha died on the spot. Anguri was critically injured. She was taken to Noakhali General Hospital.

Police could not arrest Sumon as he managed to flee the scene. - UNB