Chittagong: A woman and her five-year-old daughter were found dead in a house at Sheelpara in Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong on Tuesday.

Shelly Sheel, in her thirties, wife of Ashim Sheel, was found hanging from the ceiling and their five-year-old daughter Antara Sheel lying on the bed at about 11:00am, said Mohammad Salauddin, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station.

Quoting family members police said, Shelly had an altercation with her husband Ashim on Monday night.

Sabita Sheel, mother of Ashim, entered Shelly’s room around 9 am today and found the two bodies.

Police said Shelly might have strangled her daughter at first and then committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house, said OC.