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the three from their flat in a five-storey building. A hammer was recovered from near the woman’s body.
Talking to this newspaper, Mashiur Rahman, deputy commissioner of DB (north), said, “The note recovered by police suggested some possible hints that Raquib was facing some financial problems due to having taken a huge loan.
“We will look into if there was any familial crisis due to the loan.”
Police were yet to trace Raquib, an official of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL).
“We will see why a BTCL official like him is burdened with a huge loan,” the DB official said.
Police sources said the note suggested that Raquib killed the trio so that none would have to take their responsibility after his demise and it also added where Raquib could be found.
Meanwhile, after conducting autopsies on the victims, doctors confirmed that the woman, Munni Rahman, 37, was beaten to death with a hammer, while the two children -- Farhan Uddin, 12, and Layeeva Bhuiyan, 3 -- were strangled.
“The upper side of the three bodies were more decomposed. There were injury marks on the backside of the woman’s head and her two children were strangled,” Dr AKM Moinuddin, lecturer of the forensic medicine department of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, told reporters after conducting the autopsy around 4:00pm.
Doctor said they have collected viscera and blood samples from the three bodies for further reports.
Hafizur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner of Uttara Division, said he had learnt about the note recovered from the house and the matter is being investigated by Dakshinkhan Police.
“We are investigating the incident using all possible clues,” he said.
The woman’s brother Munna Rahman will file a murder case in this connection soon, police said.
The detective branch of police is also investigating the murder beside local police.
The family had been living in the flat since 2011. Raquib was recently transferred to the BTCL’s Uttara office from Gulshan.
The deceased were buried at Banani graveyard yesterday.
PHARMACIST KILLING: CASE FILED AGAINT TWO DIRECTORS; NO ARREST YET
Family members of victim Mobarak Karim, 26, filed a murder case against two directors of Friendship Specialised Hospital and Digital Diagnostic Centre, which is situated in Matuail of Dhaka.
The accused are: Jamal Hossain, 52, and Akhter Hossain Mamun, 39.
Mobarak worked as a pharmacist at Proactive Medical College Hospital, a private hospital in Narayanganj.
Family members alleged that Mobarak was murdered by the accused over money-related issues.
Mobarak’s body was found hanging from the window bar of Jamal’s room. He had injuries to the legs and the neck, autopsy reports show.
The family, however, referring to pictures of Mobarak point out that he was also grievously wounded on his back and midriff.
Victim’s brother Ruhul Amin filed the murder case with Demra Police Station on Friday night. Police are yet to arrest any of the accused.
Hailing from Lalmohon of Bhola, Mobarak used to live in the capital’s Kadamtali area with his wife.
On Thursday, Mobarak went to Jamal’s office at the hospital’s third floor around 3:00pm. There, he had a talk with Mamun over some monetary matters, according to the case statement.
Family members tried to reach Mobarak over phone from 9:00pm to 2:30am, but he didn’t pick up the calls. Later the next morning around 11:30am, they got the news of Mobarak’s death.
The victim’s family has also alleged that police initially refused to take a murder case, but finally relented after the intervention of a local political leader.
Denying the claim of negligence by police, Nasir Uddin, a sub-inspector of Demra Police Station, who is investigating the case, said both the accused are on the run.
“We have raided four addresses of the accused, but could not trace them yet,” the IO said, adding that drive is on to arrest the duo.

Repression
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appealed to the government for Khaleda’s proper treatment and release as she was extremely sick.
Khaleda has been behind bars since February 8, 2018, when she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.
Later that year, she was found guilty in another graft case. However, her party claims both cases are politically motivated.
The BNP chief has been receiving treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) since April 1 last year.