Elderly couple’s decomposed bodies found in Lakshmipur

Police on Monday night recovered the decomposed bodies of an elderly couple from their house in the Shakchar area of Lakshmipur Sadar upazila, UNB reports.

The deceased were identified as Amin Ullah, 75, and Aktarunnessa, 65.

According to neighbours, the deceased’s nephew, Kamal, and a local resident, named Bhuttu Chowdhury, were the first to spot the bodies when they peeped through the window after getting no response despite repeated knocks on the door.

The duo had gone to the couple’s house to get a copy of their National ID for the registry of a land, according to the neighbours.

Police recovered the bodies around 11.30pm from the house after breaking open the locked door, said Md Mahfuzzaman Ashraf, superintendent of Lakshmipur Police.

“The bodies have been sent for post-mortem. We suspect someone strangled them to death. Efforts are on to identify and arrest the accused,” he said.