Wari girl rape, murder: Charges framed against lone accused

A Dhaka court has indicted the lone accused in a case filed over rape and murder of seven-year-old Samia Afrin Saima in Dhaka’s Wari last year.

Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge Kazi Abdul Hannan framed the charges against accused Harun Or Rashid today.

The court also fixed January 8 for recording statements of the witnesses.

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Wari Girl: Rapist killed her to hide his identity

Harun, who was arrested following the incident, confessed that he had killed the schoolgirl after raping her so that she cannot disclose his identity.

On July 5, Samia Afrin Saima, a nursery student of Silverdale Preparatory and Girls’ High School, was raped and murdered by Harun at the seventh floor of their building.

Later, family members found the body of the victim in a flat of the building and filed a murder case against Harun.