Narsingdi: A man killed three of his siblings at Alokabali of char area near the River Meghna in Narsingdi in the early hours of Wednesday.

The deceased are Yasin, 10 years old, Mariam, aged around 7, and Mahia, 5 years old, all are children of Abu Kalam Mia, a resident of the village of Purbapara in Alokbali.

The local people said Rubel Mia, in his twenties, also the son of Abu Kalam, strangulated three of his siblings to death at about 12:15am following a family dispute. Rubel also hacked another brother, Atiqur, who came to stop him from killing the siblings.

However, Rubel fled from the spot immediately after killing the minors.

The Sadar Model Police Officer-in-charge (Investigation) Salauddin said police went to the spot and is trying to find out the reason behind the murder.