Missing College Girl: Skull, bones recovered after 3 months

Mim Khanam

Almost three months into the disappearance of a female college student from Kushtia, her skull and bones were recovered in Chuadanga's Damurhuda on Saturday, police said.

The law enforcers also recovered a vanity bag, a burqa, certificates and mark sheets from the scene. On Sunday evening, her parents confirmed her identity after they were shown the belongings at the Damurhuda Model Police Station.

Abdul Khaleq, officer-in-charge of the police station, said the victim was identified as Mim Khanam, 18, daughter of Madhu Khan of Pipulbaria village in Kushtia's Mirpur. She was a second-year student of Amla Government College.

Mim's mother Sarejan Nesha said her daughter went missing two months and 23 days ago after she had left for her grandmother's house in Sultanpur in the same upazila. Her parents then filed a general diary with the Mirpur Police Station over the matter.

The OC said one of her relatives, however, told them that the girl had eloped with a boy.

Police said locals found a skull and bones scattered on the banks of the Mathabhanga river in Wazirpur village of Damurhuda on Saturday afternoon. Upon receiving the information, the law enforcers recovered them from there. A vanity bag, some clothes, including a burqa, were also recovered.

According to the police, Mim was killed a few months ago and parts of her body, along with her belongings, were then dumped in garbage piled up on the river bank.

Police sent the bones and other body parts to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy on Sunday. The information was also forwarded to other adjacent police stations.

Being informed by Mirpur police, the victim's family went to Damurhuda Model Police Station and identified the belongings.

The OC also said a murder case was filed with his police station and that they were trying to arrest those involved in the murder.

"We are investigating the matter and trying to trace the boy with home the victim had allegedly eloped," he added.