A man allegedly tried to commit suicide after killing his two daughters in Patiya upazila of Chattogram early Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Tuku Barua, 15, and Nishi Barua,10, daughters of Mukundu Barua of Bhandargaon under Kashiaish union.
M Yusuf, a member of no 8 ward in Bhandargaon UP, said Tuku was a class VIII student and Nishi of class V.
He said
Mukundu's wife died of cancer five years ago. Since then, the man had been living with his daughter.
Quoting local people, Patiya Police Station OC Borhan Uddin strangled his two daughters to death sometime at night and swallowed poison to commit suicide.
However, the reason behind the incident could not be know immediately.