2 detained for killing child in Ashulia

Police today (July 26, 2022) recovered a slit-throat body of a three-year-old child at Ashulia in Dhaka.

The child was identified as Eva, daughter of Shaheen Miah, from Charababil village under Raipur Police Station of Laxmipur, reports our Savar correspondent quoting Sub-Inspector (SI) of Ashulia Police Station.

Both her father and mother are RMG workers.

The body was recovered from the bathroom of Helal Uddin's house at Kundalbagh Ghoshbagh area in Ashulia around 5.30pm this afternoon.

Meanwhile, a team of Rapid Action Battalion detained two neighbours in connection with the murder. They were identified as Al-Amin, 35, resident of Sirajganj district and Reagan (16).

Police and locals said the victim's parents were both garment workers. Every morning, when they went to work, Eva and her brother Shakib (7) along with few other children used to play in front of their house.

Today, when their parents went to the factory after lunch, a child named Mim called her to play with them. A few minutes later, Mim along with two other children informed Eva's brother Shakib about her death.

Later they went inside the bathroom and found Eva's body lying on the ground.

Being informed, police rushed to the spot and informed Police Bureau of Investigation.

PBI rushed to the spot and recovered various evidence, including the blades used in the murder.

Later, a RAB-4 team detained neighbours-- Reagan and Al-Amin -- for interrogating them in connection with the murder.

ASI Masud said the body was sent to a hospital morgue for autopsy.