Guard confesses rape, murder of house help
A security guard of a building in the capital's Dakkhinkhan area has confessed to a magistrate that he had strangled a 15-year-old house help to death after raping her on November 8.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sarafuzzaman Ansary on November 9 recorded the confessional statements under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure after Sub-inspector Rezia Khatun produced the accused, Mohan, before his chamber.
On November 8, the girl went to the rooftop of the seven-storey building to water the plants early in the morning. Mohan (20) followed her there and raped her. He then strangled her to death and threw the body in a nearby ditch.
According to police, the incident was recorded on CCTV located at a close-by building. Law enforcers recovered the body the same day. Later, a case was filed with Dakkhinkhan Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, said SI Rezia Khatun.
Police arrested Mohan in connection with the murder the same day.
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