Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- A freedom fighter and his wife were found dead with their throats slit at their home in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur early Sunday.

The deceased were identified as freedom fighter Jogesh Chandra Roy, 75, a retired headteacher of a local government primary school, and his wife Surbonna Roy, 60, residents of Khiarpara village in Kursha union, reports UNB.

Taraganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Abu Saiyum Talukdar said the couple were killed around 1:00 am at their house.

Neighbours and police said the couple went to bed as usual on Saturday night.

On Sunday morning, neighbours called them repeatedly but received no response, and then a neighbour named Dipak climbed a ladder over the main gate and entered the house....