Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Thursday morning has recovered another dismembered body part of five-year-old Alina Islam Ayat, from a canal in the city who was kidnaped and murdered in Chattogram.
The body part was recovered from the drain adjacent to Sluice gate on Akmal Ali road, said Elias Khan, an inspector PBI.
PBI inspector Manoj Kumar Dey said: "A team of PBI started a drive to recover the rest of the body from the morning.
On November 25, PBI arrested Abir Ali, 20, for kidnapping and murdering Alina Islam Ayat 10 days after she went missing.
Illias Khan, PBI inspector in Chattogram, said that Abir Ali, an ex-tenant of the victim’s family, kidnapped the girl on November 15.
Ali strangled the girl to death and later he chopped her into six pieces after taking to a residence on Akmal Ali Road in the city.
The victim’s father, Sohel Rana, lodged a general diary at the local police station after she went missing, police said.
Abir was put on another seven-day remand and his parents and van puller Azharul Islam and his wife Aleya Begum were placed on a three-day remand on Tuesday.