Four members of a family, including a mother and her three daughters, were burnt alive as stalkers allegedly set fire on the house at Mirzapur upazila in Tangail early Tuesday.

The deceased are Hasna Begum, 35, wife of Malaysia expatriate Mozibor Rahman of Dakkhin Sohagpara village under Gorai union and their three daughters Monira Akter, 14, Moli Akter, 6, and Meem Akter, 4, reports our Tangail correspondent.

Zahangir Hossain, 25, son of Bahar Uddin of the same village, also a Singapore expat, was engaged to Monira three years ago, said Saleh Mohammed Tanvir, superintendent of police in Tangail.

But last year, Monira denied marrying him that started the altercation between the two families, the police official added.

Angry Zahangir, along with his accomplices, bought two cans of petrol from a nearby refueling station and set fire to the one-storey house of Monira around 2:00am, he said.

The family died instantly inside the house, locals said.

Later, Fire Service and Civil Defense men from Mirzapur along with police went to the spot and recovered burnt bodies of Hasna and daughters from the same room of the house.

Police detained three people till 10:30am in connection with the brutal incident, Mirzapur police said.

 “Police were launching drives to arrest Zahangir and other the culprits,” the SP added.