Body of missing JSC examinee found

The body of a teenage girl, a JSC examinee from Barabo Graveyard area in Rupganj, was recovered from behind her house yesterday after she went missing the day before.

A local youth named Masum, 20, son of Omar Ali, was held in this connection as the victim's family alleged that he might have killed the girl after she refused his proposal for a romantic relationship with him, said Ismail Hossain, officer-in-charge of Rupganj Police Station. 

The 14-year-old victim, Priyanka, was an eighth-grader of Ayet Ali Bhuiyan High School and daughter of Mohiuddin in the area.  

Priyanka had been missing since Saturday afternoon when she went out of the house for private coaching lessons. As she did not come home in due time, the family members looked for her all night without any success, the OC said, quoting her family members.

The next day, around noon, her mother found Priyanka's body behind their house. Police later recovered the body and sent it to Narayanganj Sadar Hospital for an autopsy.    

The victim's family alleged that Masum had long been stalking Priyanka on her way to school and coaching centre. At one stage, he had made such a proposal which the girl refused. This might have led the stalker to kill Priyanka, OC Ismail said.

They need to wait for the autopsy report to determine the cause behind her death, he added.