Six members of Bangladesh origin family found dead in Dallas home

Towhidul Islam and his wife Iren Islam pose for a photo with their three children — Farbin Towhid, Farhan Towhid, and Tanvir Towhid.

Online desk: Six members of a Bangladesh origin family, who had been residing in the United States, were found dead at their house at Dallas in Texas on early Monday, reported Texas-based news portal FOX4.

The deceased were identified as Towhidul Islam, 54, his wife Iren Islam, 56, his mother Altafun Nessa,77, and the couple’s three children — Farbin Towhid, 19, Farhan Towhid, 19, and Tanvir Towhid, 21.

The police said two brothers — Farhan and Tanvir, made a pact to kill four family members and themselves.

Their bodies were found Monday morning when a friend found a rambling suicide note describing what led up to this tragedy.

The Allen police department said that it got a call for a welfare check at a home on Pine Bluff Drive around 1:00am on Monday.

Officers who went to the home found the six dead from gunshot wounds.

The family was from Bangladesh. One of Farhan’s friends was concerned that he was suicidal.

The grandmother was visiting from their native Bangladesh.

‘The grandmother was supposed to go back to Bangladesh next month,’ explained Quamrul Ahsan, a representative of the Bangladesh Association of North Texas.

‘Two brothers entered into an agreement that they were going to commit suicide and from that it went to where the entire family was taken with them,’ explained Allen police officer Jon Felty.

Based on decomposition, police believe that the killings took place sometime on Saturday. Police got a call from Farhan’s friend at about 1:00am on Monday.

‘The friend had seen the post that his friend made on Instagram, and that’s what made him call and say that he was concerned for his wellbeing,’ Felty explained.

Farhan’s post said why he was going to kill his family. It rambles from battling with depression since 2016 and cutting himself to being unhappy with how the TV show The Office ended and how easy it was for Tanvir to purchase a gun.

In the note, Farhan detailed ‘depression since 9th grade’ and ‘the first time [he] cut himself.’ He also wrote: ‘the only reason for existence is happiness,’ and that he shouldn’t live if he’s not happy.

According to the note, Farhan said ‘they would spend the rest of their lives feeling guilt, despair. I could just do them a favor and take them with me.’

The two boys were students at UT Austin. The sister had a full scholarship to NYU.

‘Get to know your family first. Talk to your kids and your children and see what they’re up to,’ Ahsan said. ‘Talk to your neighbors so nothing like happens like this anymore.’

Faiza Rahman says she was close friends with Farhan.

‘I haven’t mended the two versions of him in my head yet. You know the one who I knew and was so close to and would talk to for like hours upon end about anything, and like the one that did this,’ she said. ‘Like this was supposed to be himself showing how much he loved them, and I know it doesn’t make sense to us.’

Friends say they knew Farhan previously cut himself.

The families were from Bangladesh and belonged to a number of DFW groups related to their background.  Many gathered outside their home Monday regretting they never saw this coming.

Police say there were no records of any problems at the home.

The note posted to Instagram indicates the 21-year old brother bought the gun used in the killings. Police say there’s still a whole lot left to uncover.