One arrested over death of two brothers after ‘pesticide poisoning’

Police arrested a man in connection to the deaths of two brothers after ‘pesticide poisoning through inhalation’ in Dhaka’s Bashundhara residential Monday (June 5) night.

The arrestee was known as Titu Molla, an employee of the pest control service who sprayed insecticide in the victims’ house on Friday, said Md Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Bhatara police station.

Earlier on Monday afternoon, deceased’s father Mubarak Hossain Tushar filed a case against three people.

“We have arrested one person. We will seek a seven-day remand for him for interrogating over the matter. The others who are responsible for the death will also be brought under the law, said the OC.