British father and son found dead in Bangladesh

(29 Jul 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Sylhet – 26 July 2022
1. Police and other law enforcement personnel entering Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital
2. Police and others standing in front of the intensive care unit (ICU)
3. Doctors coming out of ICU
4. Signboard of ICU
5. Police high officials coming out from ICU after visiting the victims
6. Journalists and others waiting in front of the ICU
7. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Mohammad Farid Uddin, Superintendent of Police Sylhet District:
“I talked with his (deceased Rafiqul Islam’s) eldest son. His condition is good. I have talked with him just now. His conscious level and other indicators are all well. It seems that whatever happened, it happened within the family because only close relatives were inside the house. So there is a possibility of the involvement of close relatives. Now the question is, how was it done? It might be done by poisoning the food or spraying something.”
8. Pan of deceased Rafiqul Islam’s rented house
9. Various of police vehicle and people gathered in front of the house
10. Police and one of deceased Rafiqul’s relatives talking in front of his flat door
STORYLINE:
Police in Bangladesh are investigating a case of suspected poisoning after a British man and his son were found dead while three others family members are hospitalized.
Police said that they found five family members unconscious after their relatives raised an alarm when the family did not answer their calls in Sylhet on Tuesday.
Rafiqul Islam, 50, and his son Mahiqul Islam, died on the way to the hospital, according to local media.
Rafiqul’s wife Hosne Ara Islam, daughter Samira and son Sadiqul are admitted in MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.
The family from Cardiff had arrived in Bangladesh earlier this month.
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