5-yr-old murdered after rape
A five-year-old child was found murdered after being raped in her home in the port city's Chandgaon area yesterday.
Police recovered her body from under a bed at noon.
The incident took place at a residential building of Sankar Dwanji Hat area of Chandgaon, said police, adding the victim resided with her parents on the third floor of the building.
Rajesh Barua, inspector (Investigation) of Chandgaon Police Station, said, "The victim's mother is a worker at Suji Garments Ltd in Chandgaon. She left the house for work around 7:30am."
"A woman from a neighbouring flat, who had children of her own, used to look after the girl while her mother would be at work. On Sunday morning, the woman found the child sleeping around 7:30am, after the mother left.
"She then left the door ajar, went back to her own flat and fell asleep. Around 9:00am, she woke up and asked her children to see if the child was awake. They told her she had gone missing."
The woman then went searching for the girl but found nothing and informed the child's mother and other neighbours.
Upon searching the flat again, they found the girl's body under the bed with a T-shirt covering her face.
"The body bore several injury marks and signs of rape. Police sent the body to Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy," said the police officer.
Police were trying to gather more information to identify the killer, he added.
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