An eight-year-old madrsa student was killed by a neighbour for stealing her gold jewellery in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore, police said.
The body of Sadia Khatun, daughter of Babu Moral and a student of Naira Madras, was found from a bamboo grove at Matikumra village early today.
According to police, Sadia went missing yesterday afternoon. Her family searched for her across the area and later filed a general diary (GD) at Jhikargacha Police Station.
Later, some of the villagers reported seeing Sadia with a neighbour, Champa Begum, who was subsequently handed over to police yesterday evening.
During the interrogation, Champa confessed to killing Sadia to take away her gold chain and earrings, said Officer-in-Charge Bablur Rahman Khan of Jhikargacha Police Station.
Villagers, meanwhile, kept looking for Sadia and discovered her body in the bamboo grove around 12:30am.
On information, OC Bablur and his team recovered the body with signs of possible strangulation using the child's own clothing.
Locals claim that Champa had a history of petty theft and drug addiction.
OC Bablur said the body has been sent to Jashore Sadar Hospital for autopsy and legal proceedings are underway, said the OC.
source: the daily star
