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Suspected murderer of Saima identified

Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter Published: 7 July 2019, 12:53 PM | Updated: 7 July 2019, 12:54 PM
Suspected murderer of Saima identified
Saima, nursery-grade student of Silverdale School went missing after going out to play on Friday afternoon. Her body was found on the 8th floor of their under construction building at 8pm, with a rope still wrapped around her neck.

Police have primarily identified a youth as a suspected murderer in the case filed over rape and subsequently murder of seven-year-old Samia Afrin Saima in capital’s Wari area.

A official of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Wari zone) on Sunday confirmed the matter to Jago News. 

The youth went into hiding after the incident. He used to live with his brother in the apartment where Saima’s family is living, he said.   

Saima’s father Abdus Salam filed the case under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act with Wari Police Station on Saturday morning and police so far has detained five including the owner of the building, he added.

In this connection, Assistant Commissioner of DMP (Wari zone) Mohammad Samsuzzaman said Dhaka Medical Forensic department said the child was raped before killing. A case was filed and the investigation is on-going.

Saima, nursery-grade student of Silverdale School went missing after going out to play on Friday afternoon. Her body was found on the 8th floor of their under construction building at 8pm, with a rope still wrapped around her neck.