Two persons were murdered in different places in the capital on Monday.

In Dakshin Kafrul, Sardar Rafiq-uz-Zaman, 45, an accounts officer in a security firm, was found with his slitthroat and hands tied in his house around 7:00am.

Zaman's family has not been living in the house for a few days, said police.

His wife said she had her last chat with Zaman around 3:30pm on Monday when he was at office. Around 8:00pm an unknown person called her from Zaman's number to say that he found the phone near Shainik Club inside the cantonment, she added.

She found the body after she rushed to their house.

Police suspected that someone who knows the family well might have killed Zaman over previous enmity.

Zaman's laptop was also missing from the house beside the phone.

Meanwhile in Uttara, one Sumon, slit the throat of his neighbour Rojina, 7, daughter of a day labourer, as she tried to resist his attempt to rape, said police quoting him.

Rojina's body was found in an abandoned shanty in Kamarpara slum where she lived with her parents. Her uncle Md Ashraf said Sumon took Rojina with him to buy her some food on Monday. Three hours later she was found dead in the shanty.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue sources confirmed an attempt to rape.