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Mother, daughter stabbed dead in Munshiganj
Greenwatch Desk
Crime
2026-01-19, 5:04pm
A 32-year-old woman and her minor daughter were stabbed to death at Dakkhin Rajanagar in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Amena Begum, wife of Mizan Mia and their eight-year-old girl Mariam.
Abdul Hannan, Officer-in-Charge of Sirajdikhan police station, said Amena Begum along with her family used to live at the rented house of one Nuruzzaman Sarkar.
Getting no response from the house till noon, local people entered the house and found the bodies of Amena and her daughter.
Upon receiving information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to a local hospital morgue, reports UNB.
Police said the husband went into hiding.
Preliminary findings suggest the killings may have been linked to family disputes or an extramarital affair, said the OC.
Police are investigating the incidents and trying to arrest Mizan, he said.