Stalker stabs schoolgirl to death in Netrakona

An alleged stalker stabbed a schoolgirl to death in Barhatta upazila of Netrakona yesterday.

The victim was Mukti Rani Barman, 15, daughter of Nikhil Barman of Premnagor Chhalipura village in Barhatta.

She was a class-X student at a high school, said police.

Quoting family members, Khokon Kumar Saha, officer-in-charge of Barhatta Police station, said Kawser Mia, 19, used to stalk Mukti  on the way to school.

She on multiple occasions fended off his advances and Kawser threatened her with dire consequences.

When the girl was returning home from school yesterday afternoon, Kawser and his cohorts waylaid her, the OC said.

At one stage, he started stabbing the girl, leaving her critically injured.

Hearing Mukti's  screams, locals rescued and took her to Barhatta Upazila Health Complex that referred her to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.

She died on the way to the hospital around 5:00pm, said the OC.

The suspect is on the run.