An 8-year-old girl was killed, allegedly after rape, in Bogura's Dhunat upazila early today.
The victim was a second grader at a local primary school in Nosrotpur village.
The deceased, Tabassum Khatun, along with her grandfather went to a waz mahfil (religious event) near her house last night. She remained missing since she went to buy chips from a shop around 10pm, Gaziur Rahman, additional superintendent of police (Sherpur circle) told The Daily Star.
Later, relatives and villagers searched for her and found her body around 1:30am from near a bamboo grove. She was immediately sent to the Dhunat upazila heath complex.
Ashraful Kabir, medical officer of the health complex, said she died before arriving at the hospital around 2:00am.
"We primarily found evidence of rape. There are injury marks on her chest and there was blood in her private parts," Gaziur said.
The body was sent to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Police are trying to identify and arrest the killers.
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