Throat-slit bodies of four members of a family were found in their house in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar today.

The deceased were identified as Shakhi Barua, 62, wife of late Prabin Barua, her daughter-in-law Mila Barua and two grandchildren -- Robin Barua, 5, and Sony Barua, 6, our Cox’s Bazar correspondent reports quoting Additional Superintendent of Police (Ukhiya circle) Nihad Adnan.

Mila and Robin were the wife and son of Loken Barua, an expatriate in Kuwait, while Sony was the daughter of Shibu Barua, another son of Shakhi Barua.

Informed by locals, police went to Purba Ratna village of Ratnapalong union in the upazila around 8:00am and recovered the bodies from the three separate rooms of the house.

After primary investigation, police assumed that the miscreants entered the house breaking the ceiling.

The bodies were sent to Cox’s Bazar General Hospital for autopsy.

AKM Masud Hossain, superintendent of police in Cox’s Bazar, visited the spot. “We are investigating into the matter with outmost priority,” said Md Iqbal Hossain, additional superintendent of police in Cox’s Bazar.