5 held over kidnap, murder of 3yrs old

The body of a three-year-old girl was found yesterday, 24 hours after she was kidnapped in Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila.

Police recovered the body of Jui Akhter, daughter of Anwar Hossain of Tekpara village, from a sack yesterday morning.

Police suspect that Jui was strangled.

Quoting the victim's family, Rafiqul Haq, inspector of Bhulta police outpost, said the girl went missing on Thursday morning while playing in her house yard.

Her father Anwar filed a general diary with the police outpost in the afternoon.

The police official said some unknown people called them over the phone on Thursday night and said they abducted Jui. They demanded Tk 5 lakh in ransom and asked them to hand over the money to the kidnappers at Rajendrapur Railway Station yesterday noon.

The kidnappers also threatened to kill Jui if they failed to pay the ransom. The family agreed to give them Tk 3 lakh, the police official said. 

Locals found the body near the victim's house yesterday morning before police started locating the kidnappers by tracking their phones, the inspector said.

There are 19 families living in Anwar's house as tenants, said the police official, adding that Jui might have been killed over feuds with tenants.  

Police detained five tenants, including a woman, for interrogation.