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 the Kathalbagan area, said Assistant Police Commissioner (Dhanmondi Zone) Mustafa Tarikuzzaman of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police today (26 February).
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 9:30pm yesterday 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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