School girl slaughtered after rape in Noakhali: One held

A school girl was allegedly slaughtered after being raped at Sadar upazila in Noakhali district on Thursday afternoon.

The victim was Tasmia Hossain Oditi, 14, daughter of late Riyaz Hossain, a resident of Lakshminarayan Mohalla in the uapzila. She was a student of Noakhali Govt Girls High School.

Razia Sultana, mother of the victim and also a teacher of Joynal Abedin Memorial Academy, said she found the throat-slit body of her daughter nacked lying in the bed around 7:00 pm after she had returned home from her workplace.
She said Sayed, 20, one of her neighbours, often tease her daughter and also threatened her.

Razia assumed that Sayed along with his gang killed her daughter after raping as per previous plan and looted valuables from the house.

Noakhali superintendent of police (SP) Md Shohidul Islam said police immediately detained the suspected accused Sayed.

Legal steps are under process as police, DB and CID men are working together in this regard, the SP added.

MR/EUM