Schoolgirl's body found with throat slit

Criminals killed a schoolgirl by slitting her throat in Mymensingh town yesterday afternoon.

The victim was identified as Nadira Akhtar, 10, daughter of Yunus Ali, a van puller of the town's Mashkanda area.

Quoting family sources, Md Kamrul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station, said Nadira, a Class III student of Mymensingh Zila Parishad High School, went to school in the morning but did not return home.  Family members searched for the girl but could not find her, said police.

Locals found Nadira's body lying beside the bypass road at Bade Kolpa around 4:00pm and informed the police.

Police went to the spot, recovered the body wearing school uniform and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) morgue for autopsy, the OC said. There were cut marks on the throat, he added.

Miscreants might have killed the girl at another place and left the body at Bade Kolpa, the OC said.

Police primarily suspected that the killing might have occurred following previous enmity with the girl's family.

No case was lodged and none was arrested as of filing this report around 6:30pm.