Dhaka, May 13 -- Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy for the brutal double murder of his two aunts in the Shewrapara area of Dhaka, a crime that has shocked the local community.
The boy, identified as Rabbani Khan alias Taj, was apprehended on Sunday from his maternal grandfather's residence in Ashiar Gagan, Jhalakathi Sadar, following a tip-off. The arrest was confirmed by Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Joint Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB), Nasirul Islam, at a press briefing on Monday.
The victims, Mariam Begum and Sufia Begum, were reportedly killed in their home in West Shewrapara under Mirpur Police Station on the afternoon of May 9. According to police, Taj had gone to the victims' house under the pretext of visiting his aunt ...