Police recovered the bodies of a 35-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter from a residential hotel in Cox’s Bazar on Friday afternoon.
According to the hotel register book, the mother was identified as Suma Dey, wife of Dulal Biswas from Chattogram's Banshkhali upazila.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Cox's Bazar Sadar Model Police Station Rafiqul Islam said the couple booked a room at Hotel Sea Alif on February 14 with their two sons and a daughter. Later, they traveled to different areas of Cox's Bazar.
On Friday noon, the hotel boy saw their room open and found the bodies of the duo lying on the floor. Later, the hotel authorities called the national emergency service 999.
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After being informed, a police team rushed to the spot and took the bodies into custody around 2 pm, said the OC.
Dulal Biswas and the two sons have been missing since the bodies were discovered.
“A probe is on to ascertain the reason behind the killings,” added OC Rafiqul Islam.
The bodies were sent to the morgue of a hospital for post-mortem.