Two killed in Pallabi house

Miscreants stabbed a woman and her uncle-in-law to death in her residence at Pallabi area of the city on Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased are Sweety Akhtar, 24, wife of DESCO sub-assistant engineer Zahidul Islam, and his maternal uncle Aminul Islam, 46.
Police said two miscreants, introducing them as relatives, entered the house of Zahidul and stabbed both his wife and uncle indiscriminately leaving them dead on the spot around 1:30pm.
The couple's five-year old son hid inside the toilet during the incident, the police added.
Zahidul informed police of the matter after he came home for lunch and found the bodies inside.
Police detained the security guard of the building, Abdul Khalek, and Sweety's business partner Shaheen for interrogation. Sweety was the chairman of Independent Power, an electrical equipment supplier firm.