Throat-slit bodies of freedom fighter, wife found at Rangpur home

A freedom fighter and his wife were found dead with their throats slit at their home in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur early Sunday.

The deceased were identified as freedom fighter Jogesh Chandra Roy, 75, a retired headteacher of a local government primary school, and his wife Surbonna Roy, 60, residents of Khiarpara village in Kursha union, reports UNB.

Taraganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Abu Saiyum Talukdar said the couple were killed around 1:00 am at their house.

Neighbours and police said the couple went to bed as usual on Saturday night.

On Sunday morning, neighbours called them repeatedly but received no response, and then a neighbour named Dipak climbed a ladder over the main gate and entered the house.

He found Surbonna’s body lying in the kitchen and Jogesh’s body in the dining room, both with their throats slit.

Locals said the couple used to live alone in the house, and their two sons are serving in different units of the Bangladesh Police.

OC Abu Saiyum Talukdar said members of the crime scene unit are at the spot, and detectives are also looking into the murder incident.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Munabbir Hossain and senior district police officials have visited the crime scene.