Court Correspondent:

A Dhaka court on Wednesday recorded the confessional statement of accused Sohel Rana in the case of raping and killing a seven-year-old girl in the capital’s Pallabi area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junayed recorded the statement and ordered him to be sent to jail following a petition filed by Pallabi Police Station Sub-Inspector Ahiduzzaman, also the investigating officer of the case.

In the same case, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ashraful Haque sent Sohel’s wife, Swapna Akhter, to jail following another petition filed by SI Ahiduzzaman.

Earlier, the victim, Ramisa Akter, was found beheaded in the capital’s Pallabi area on Tuesday morning.

According to police and family members, the child was attacked with a sharp weapon around 9am.

Investigators said Ramisa was killed after being raped by accused Sohel.