BSS :
Three people, including a house tutor, were arrested in connection with Thursday’s murder of Tasnia Hossain Adita, a class VIII student of Noakhali Government Girls High School in the district.
The district superintendent of police Md Shahidul Islam said this while addressing a press conference at his office in the district town on Friday.
The arrested ones are house tutor Abdur Rahim Rony, 20, son of Khalil Miah, resident of Luxminarayanpur area in Noakhali Pourasava area and his acquaintances Sayeed, 20, and Israfil, 14, of the same area.
Police super Shahidul Islam said that Adita started to take lessons from another private tutor leaving Abdur Rahim Rony a few days ago and it made Rony furious over Adita.
‘However, he continued to visit Adita’s house.
Taking advantage of the absence of Adita’s mother at home, sometime between 12:00 noon and 2:00pm on Thursday Rony went to Adita’s house and first raped her. With a view to concealing the rape, Rony later slit the throat of Adita with a knife,’ he said.
He said that Rony threw all the dresses and other things of the almirah scattered on the floor to divert the incident to another direction.
The police super said after the recovery of the body of slain schoolgirl, police launched several drives and arrested Abdur Rahim Rony. His two associates were also arrested during the drive.
Besides, police seized a knife from the spot which was used in committing the murder.
SP Shahidul Islam said that a case was filed in this connection.
Police recovered Adita’s body from a room of Jahan Manzil around 9:30 pm on Thursday.
Her body bore several marks of injury.
