, Oct. 17 -- year-old woman was strangled to death after burglars ransacked her home in Talora Bazar, Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura on late Thursday night.

The deceased, Bimala Poddar, was the elder sister of Himu Poddar Agarwala of the area.

According to her family, four to five assailants cut through the tin roof to enter the house, tied up and beat two brothers and three sisters at gunpoint, and stole cash worth several lakhs along with three mobile phones. The robbers also destroyed household furniture.

Bimala was killed when she tried to resist.

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Faridul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Dupchanchia Police Station said, "The five siblings, aged 60 to 70, ran a rice and husk business tog...