Five members of a family, including two children, were hacked to death inside their rented flat at Baburail in Narayanganj city by unidentified assailants. Police recovered throat-slit bodies of the five victims from their flat on the ground floor of a four-storey building yesterday evening. Hajera, a relative of the victims, identified the deceased as Taslima, 35, her son Shanto, 10, daughter Sumaiya, 5, brother Morshedul and daughter-in-law Lamia, 25. While police immediately could not mention any motive behind the murders, Morsheda, mother of victim Taslima, said the murders might have taken place due to a dispute over money. Taslima’s husband Shafique, who works as a driver in Dhaka, had loaned a good deal of money on interest from…

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