5 more held for ‘raping and killing’ Ctg girl

Law enforcers have arrested five accused in a case filed over killing a girl after rape in Chittagong city on January 21.

The arrestees are: Md Belal Hossein alias Bijoy, 18, Md Robiul Islam alias Rubel, 16, Md Hasibul Islam alias Liton, 26, Md Aksan Mia alias Hasan, 18, and Md Sujon, 20.

They were arrested from different areas in overnight drives in the Chittagong, Faruk Ul Haque, deputy commissioner (West zone) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), said at a press briefing at Double Mooring Police Station in the city.

Earlier, police arrested Monirul Islam Monu, 48, caretaker of the building in the city’s Akbar Shah area where body of nine-year-old Fatema Akhter Mim was recovered on January 21.

She went missing from in front of her house four hours before her body was found in the building on that day.