DHAKA: Some six people were hacked to death at a house in Gopibagh area under Wari Thana of the capital on Saturday evening.

Deputy Police Commissioner of Wari Division Ilias Sharif told banglanews that, of the deceased, the elderly man was identified as Lutfur Rahman Faruk, 60, who used to introduce himself as a ‘pir’ (saint).

The other victims were Monir Hossain, son of Faruk, Manju, caretaker of the house, and Faruk’s followers--Shaheen, Rasel, and Mojibur Rahman.

 One Mofizuddin, resident of the area, told banglanews that they heard screaming ‘robber’, ‘robber’ at the house around 6:30pm. Later, they heard noises and found two bodies lying floor at of the house no-64/6 at Ramkrishna Mission Road in the city.

Deputy Police Commissioner of Wari Division Ilias Sharif told banglanews that four of the bodies were recovered from a room and two others from another room.

On information, around 7:30pm, police rushed in and started recovering the bodies, he added.

Ilias also said the motive of the murder could not be known..

BDST: 2205 HRS, DEC 21, 2013
Edited by: Shameem Reza, Newsroom Editor/M. Mahbub Alam, Asst Output Editor
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