Man kills 2 sisters-in-law in Sylhet

A man allegedly chopped his two sisters-in-law to death at Pantamai village of Goainghat upazila in Sylhet Friday. The deceased were identified as Hasina Begum, 40, wife of Aziruddin, and Maleka Begum, 38, wife of Jasmu Miah of the village. Police and locals said Mokan Miah, 45, son of late Askar Ali, had an altercation with his two sisters-in-law (wives of his two brothers) over planting saplings on the bank of a river near their house around 1pm. At one stage, he hacked Hasina and Maleka indiscriminately with a sharp weapon, leaving them dead on the spot. Later, locals caught Mokan while trying to flee and handed him over to police. Police also recovered the bodies and sent those to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, according to UNB.