Two youths held for killing girl after rape in Chandpur
Chandpur police in separate drives on Tuesday and Wednesday arrested two youths from Laxmipur and Gazipur districts on charge of killing a seven-year-old girl after rape in Faridganj upazila of the district in July 26 this year.
The arrestees are Md Jewel, 22, son of Telu Mian, and Md Masum Hossain alias Mintu, 25, son of Mijan Munshi of Sakadi village under Faridganj upazila. Mintu is a worker at a furniture shop in Faridganj.
Chandpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Shamsunnahar said a joint team of DB police and Faridganj police arrested Mintu from a clubhouse at Hajirhat area in Laxmipur district on Tuesday night.
The following day, police detained Jewel from a house at Kapasia Bus Stand area in Gazipur district.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Khandaker Md Ismail said Jewel and Mamun swooped on the victim, Rubina Akter, while she was returning home from school during heavy rain on July 26. They took her to an abandoned house and raped her there.
At one stage, when Rubina started bleeding profusely, the two strangled her to death and dumped the body in a beel (water body) nearby.
As the girl did not return home, the parents led a frantic search in vain. Later, they filed a general diary (GD) with Faridganj Police Station in this connection.
Locals found the body in the water body on August 25. On information, police went to the spot and recovered the body.
Investigation Officer (IO) of the case Mobarak Hossain, also sub-inspector (SI) of Faridganj Police Station, said Montu gave confessional statement to the court under Section 164.
However, Jewel refused to give any confessional statement. Police produced him before the Court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Rajib Kumar Biswas, seeking a ten-day remand.
The Court, however, granted a five-day remand.
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