Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested two men for raping a teen and killing her in Gazipur.
The arrestees are Roni Miah, 21, and Said Islam, 19, from Barenda Paschim Para area under Kashimpur.
The duo gave confessional statements under Section 164 of the Penal Code before a Gazipur court on Wednesday, PBI Superintendent of Police (SP) Md Maksudur Rahman confirmed. They were arrested on Tuesday.
Roni used to live as a sublet with the victim’s family in Barenda Paschim Para area under Kashimpur. Another accused Said lived next door to their house.
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Roni and Said both proposed the girl several times and stalked her. At one point, the girl’s family planned to move out of the house.
After learning about the family’s plan to move, on October 31 last year, Said and Roni went to the victim’s room, tied her up and took turns in raping her.
Later, they choked the girl to death and hung the body from the ceiling fan to pass off as a suicide.
The girl’s family filed an unnatural death case with Kashimpur police station later that day.
During the post mortem, the doctors found signs of rape on the girl’s body.
On July 3 this year, a murder case was filed with Kashimpur police station and the PBI took the charge of the investigation.