Police recover couple's burnt bodies from Gazipur

The police have recovered the burnt bodies of a couple from a residence in Konabari of Gazipur city.

They deceased are – Sufiyan Rahman, 40, son of Mohammad Ali of Nilphamari district; and his wife Nasrin Akter, 36.

Michael Bonik, sub-inspector of Konabari police station, said locals reported to the police in the early hours of Saturday after they noticed smoke billowing from a room on the ground floor of a six-storey building owned by a certain Shukkur Shikder.

A police team rushed to the spot, broke into the room, and found the couple lying burnt there, he said, adding that they initially presumed the incident to be a suicide triggered by family disputes.

“It seems they committed suicide after setting themselves on fire sometime in the night,” he said.

The bodies were sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College and Hospital morgue.