Couple killed in Mymensingh

MYMENSINGH, July 13 (UNB): A couple was slaughtered by some miscreants in a house in Akua area in the district town on Saturday night.

The deceased were identified as Abdul Haq, a retired government officer and his wife Raihatunnessa.

Kotwali model thana officer-in-charge Abu Md Fazlul Karim said the miscreants entered the house of the couple sometime on Saturday night and slaughtered them with a sharp weapon.

When they were fleeing local people caught one of them named Mostafa and handed him over to police after a mass-beating.

Police said previous enmity might be the reason behind the murder.