Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a man and his four associates from Dhaka for allegedly killing his daughter in Debidwar upazila of Comilla.
The arrestees are the victim’s father Md Amir Hossain, 25, Laili Akter, 30, Md Rabiul Awal, 19, Md Rezaul Islam Emon, 22, and Md Sohel Rana, 27.
During primary interrogation, all the arrestees confessed to their involvement in the murder.
Amir and Laila stabbed Fahima to death and dumped the body with the help of three others when the girl came to about the illicit relationship between them.According to a media release of RAB Headquarters, a team of RAB-11 arrested them in the capital’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday night.
Five-year-old Fahima went missing on November 7 and her father Amir filed a general diary (GD) in this regard on November 11, prompting detectives to launch an investigation, the release said.
Later, police recovered Fahima’s body packed in a sack from a waterbody in Debidwar upazila on Sunday. On the same day, a case was filed against unidentified people at Debidwar police station.
The legal process is underway in this regard, the release added.
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