Man confesses to killing 9-year-old after rape in Narayanganj

Police yesterday arrested a man in connection with the death of a nine-year-old girl, whose body was recovered in Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila, a day after she went missing.

The arrestee was identified as Mosharraf Miah (45), resident of Kenduapara of Kanchan municipality, reports our Narayanganj correspondent quoting Shahidul Islam, assistant sub-inspector of Rupganj Police Station.

During primary interrogation, the arrestee confessed that he killed the girl after rape, the ASI said.

On Friday, Mosharraf called the girl, a relative, from her house to have breakfast with him. Since then the girl was missing.

Failing to find her, the girl's mother filed a complaint against Mosharraf with Rupganj Police Station, the ASI said.

Following the complaint, police conducted a drive and arrested Mosharraf from the upazila's Vokta house.

Gleaning information from the accused, police recovered the body yesterday, he added.

A case is under process in this connection, informed the ASI.