Assailants 'kill girl after failing to rape'
Miscreants yesterday "killed" a 14-year-old girl by slitting her throat as they failed to rape her at Sonargaon of Narayanganj.
Deceased Meghla Akhtar was daughter of Rashed Mia of Daulutpur in Manikganj.
Meghla used to live near Sonapur Community Centre with her family and had been working for around seven months at Nawab Ali Textile in the area.
"Some unidentified miscreants intercepted her around 5.30am on her way to the factory and attempted to rape. Failing to rape, they slit her throat," said Harunur Rashid, inspector (investigation) of Sonargaon police.
When she came back home in critical condition, family members took her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the on-duty doctors declared her dead in the morning, added Harun.
The DMCH morgue sources said she died due to excessive bleeding.
Police arrested three suspects.
Drive is on to arrest the other criminals.
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