Police have arrested a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver in connection with the murder of a Class VII student whose body was recovered from a paddy field in Lalmai upazila of Cumilla.
The suspect, Suman, was arrested in Chattogram city on Friday morning, Cumilla Superintendent of Police Anisuzzaman confirmed in the afternoon.
Police said Sumon was the driver of the CNG-run auto-rickshaw that carried the schoolgirl, Jannatul Tazmin, 15.
The SP said several police teams arrested Sumon in a drive based on secret information. He added that police were taking him to Cumilla, where details would be disclosed at a press conference.
Police recovered Jannatul’s body from a paddy field in Jagatpur village in Lalmai upazila on Thursday morning.
She was the daughter of Abdul Alim, a resident of Chhatianatala village in Jashore Sadar upazila, and a Class VII student at Farida Bidyayatan School in Cumilla city.
Her father works for a pharmaceutical company in Cumilla. The family lives in a rented flat in the city’s Racecourse area.
Abdul Alim filed a murder case with Lalmai Police Station against unidentified suspects over his daughter’s death.
The suspect, Suman, was arrested in Chattogram city on Friday morning, Cumilla Superintendent of Police Anisuzzaman confirmed in the afternoon.
Police said Sumon was the driver of the CNG-run auto-rickshaw that carried the schoolgirl, Jannatul Tazmin, 15.
The SP said several police teams arrested Sumon in a drive based on secret information. He added that police were taking him to Cumilla, where details would be disclosed at a press conference.
Police recovered Jannatul’s body from a paddy field in Jagatpur village in Lalmai upazila on Thursday morning.
She was the daughter of Abdul Alim, a resident of Chhatianatala village in Jashore Sadar upazila, and a Class VII student at Farida Bidyayatan School in Cumilla city.
Her father works for a pharmaceutical company in Cumilla. The family lives in a rented flat in the city’s Racecourse area.
Abdul Alim filed a murder case with Lalmai Police Station against unidentified suspects over his daughter’s death.