Father’s extramarital affair leads to daughter’s murder: RAB

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A man and his four associates from the Dhaka city for allegedly killing his own daughter over his alleged extramarital affair at Debidwar upazila in Cumilla district.

The arrested are victim’s father Md Amir Hossain, 25, Laily Akter, 30, Md Rabiul Awal, 19, Md Rezaul Islam Emon, 22, and Md Sohel Rana, 27. All of them are from Cumilla’s Debidwar upazila.

According to a press release issued by the RAB Headquarters on Wednesday, a team of RAB-11 arrested them conducting a drive at Jatrabari area in Dhaka on Tuesday night.

Five-year-old Fahima went missing on November 7 and her father Amir Hossain filed a general diary (GD) in this regard on November 11, prompting detectives to launch an investigation, the press release said.

Later, police recovered Fahima’s body packed in a sack from a waterbody in Debidwar upazila on Sunday. On the same day, a case was filed against unidentified people at Debidwar Police Station.

During primary investigation, all the arrested persons confessed to their involvement in the murder, said RAB.

Amir Hossain and Laila stabbed Fahima to death and dumped the body with the help of three others when the girl came to learn about the illicit relationship between them, it said.

Legal process is underway in this regard, the press release added.