Rangpur, Oct. 9 -- The DNA of the two suspects arrested in connection with the murders of former schoolteacher Ganapati Chakraborty and his family members in Rangpur has showed a "statistical match" to DNA collected from different pieces of evidence found at the scene, police have said.

Samples collected from date seeds, bitten cucumber pieces and cigarette filters found at the spot showed a match in laboratory tests, Rangpur Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Detective Branch) Sonaton Chakroborty said on Thursday night.

"Tests on the DNA samples collected from Siddhartha Das and Mugdha Das at the CID Forensic Lab in Dhaka matched the DNA found in the evidence," he said.

According to sources, forensic tests had earlier detected m...