Armed assailants killed a housewife at Demra in the capital on Thursday afternoon, while an employee of a construction firm was stabbed to death in Tejagon in early morning.
At Sarulia in Demra, a gang of seven armed assailants killed a housewife of 27, keeping her family members hostage.
The victim was identified as Rina Akter, wife of garment waste businessman Makbul Hossain of Rebeka Sarani.
The police, quoting the family members, said the armed gang stormed the rented flat of Makbul on the first floor of a four-storey building on the road at
around 2:00pm and held the family members hostage at gunpoint.
Rina, mother of three children, was out of the flat when the gang entered the house and held the other family members hostage, the police said, adding that, as soon as Rina entered the flat, the assailants killed her with sharp weapons.
Victim's aunt Shefali Begum said, 'Rina was on the ground floor when the gunmen held us hostage. As Rina knocked at the door, the miscreants opened it and asked her to come in. Later they killed Rina and left the scene.'
She said the gunmen looted gold ornaments and five cell-phones from the flat before killing Rina.
'Soon after entering the house, the assailants were searching for Makbul,' Shefali added.
Rina might have been killed as a sequel to a feud over the garment waste business, sub-inspector Abu Sayeed of Demra police station told New Age.
The body of Rina was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Abu Sayeed said Rina was stabbed in the chest and abdomen and died on the spot.
No case was filed in this connection till filing of this report at about 6:00pm.
Earlier at 6:00am, Md Joynal Abedin, a supervisor of Bibek Real Estate Company, was stabbed to death in Tejagon area.
The police said contractor Abul Bashar of the
real estate company found the body of Joynal with stab marks in different parts. The body was sent to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.
Joynal's colleagues, who had been working with him at a building, might have killed him as he had disputes with some of them, the police said.
A case was filed with Tejgaon police station in this connection.
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