Mother, uncle held for killing girl

A woman and her brother have been arrested on charge of killing her college going daughter Tabassum Tania Chamak, 22, at Joykrisnapur in Maijdee town of Noakhali.

Sajeda Akhtar Nipu, 40, and her brother Jahidul Islam were arrested on Friday, said police at a press briefing yesterday.

The deceased was the daughter of Shahajada Enamul Haque of the area.

Nipu's younger daughter Tasnim Tahsin Chandni, 19, said at one stage of altercation over some family issues, her mother pulled the scarf of her elder sister Chamak on the night of November 12.

Chamak fell to the floor and died, Chandni told police after the law enforcers detained her on Thursday night.

Superintendent of Police Md Ilias Sharif said Enamul Haque filed a general diary with Sudharam Police Station regarding the missing of his daughter Chamak on November 12.

Afterwards, the body of Chamak was found in a pond near their house on November 15, the SP said.