8-yr-old boy murdered
An 8-year-old boy was murdered for a mobile phone in Sujanagar upazila of the district.
The boy, Md Rahat Pramanik, son of Md Hafiz Uddin of village Hassampur of Nazirganj union, was a student of class two at the local primary school.
Rahat was missing since Sunday. Later, the police recovered his body from the river Padma at Hassampur village at around 8:00am yesterday.
Following information from the locals, police arrested Jahidul Islam, a neighbour of the dead child.
Officer-in-Charge of Sujanagar police station ABM Jahid Hossain said, “Jahid has confessed to killing the boy. Police also recovered the mobile set from him.”
“Jahid is a listed criminal. He took Rahat to snatch his mobile and then strangled and dumped him in the river”, the OC added.
A case was filed with Sujanagar police station.
