Police have detained a youth in connection with the killing of a schoolgirl in the capital’s Hazaribagh area.
The suspect, Siam, was detained in a drive in Kathalbagan area, said Assistant Police Commissioner (Dhanmondi Zone) Mustafa Tarikuzzaman of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Thursday.
Police also recovered the knife ‘used in the killing’ and a bloodstained shirt.
He said details would be shared at a press briefing later in the day.
Earlier, schoolgirl Shahriar Sharmin Binti was stabbed around 9:30 pm on Wednesday at Haider Hotel lane in Hazaribagh.
She was first taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared her dead at around 10:45pm.
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