Police have recovered the body of a school girl from Konabari area in Gazipur on Tuesday, a day after she went missing.
The deceased is Maria Akter, 10, daughter of Aktaruzzaman and a fourth grader in Shahin Cadet Academy.
Police also detained three persons for their alleged involvement in the murder.
The detainees are Abdul Halim, 43, son of the night guard of the victim’s building, Suman Sheikh, 20, son of Akkas Shiekh of Mominkhar Hat in Faridpur and Millon, 25, son of Alfaz Pramanik.
Konabari police outpost in-charge Sub Inspector (SI) Zakir Hossain said: “Maria went missing on July 14. Her family filed a general dairy in this connection.”
He said: “As per the GD’s primary investigation, police searched all the flats of the victim’s building and recovered the body from the ground floor around 10am. She might have been suffocated to death after the criminals failed to rape her.”
The body has been sent to Gazipur Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.