Police arrested the main accused in a case filed in connection with the murder of two siblings in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura, from the district town on Monday.
The arrestee was identified as Ashiqur Rahman, 17, son of Faruk Sikder of Panighata in the upazila.
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Kalimullah, additional superintendent of Magura Police, said police arrested Ashiqur from the district town in the afternoon.
Local people found the slaughtered bodies of two siblings---Sabuj Molla, 30, and Hridoy Molla, 17—sons of Monju Molla of Panighata Madhyapara village in Mohammadpur upazila—from Panighata Madhyapara Dhokchand field on Sunday morning.
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On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to the local hospital morgue for autopsy.
During primary interrogation, police said Ashiqur confessed that he along with his associates called the two siblings to the field and murdered them after slitting their throat.
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