Minor girl murdered after ‘rape’

A minor girl was killed after she was suspected to be raped by unidentified persons at Gachhabari village in Tangail's Madhupur upazila on Friday, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Liza Akhter, daughter of Mizanur Rahman of the village.

Locals said Liza had been missing since Friday afternoon after she went to take bath in a nearby river.

Later in the night, locals spotted the body in the bush beside her house and informed police.

On the next morning, police recovered the body and sent it to Tangail General Hospital for autopsy.

Liza could have been raped before being murdered, said Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Madhupur police station.

A murder case was filed with the police station in this regard, said the OC.