Five months after her mutilated body was found inside the cantonment area, investigators have failed to make an iota of progress into the rape and murder of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
No-one has been arrested yet.
The snail-pace investigation has exasperated Tonu's family, who now fears being denied justice.
Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has interviewed more than 50 suspects but is yet to identify anyone.
DNA tests confirmed that Tonu was raped by three men before the killers murdered her and dumped her body in a bush on March 20. But the CID is yet to start DNA sample matching to identify the killers.
Tonu's father Yaar Hossain, an office assistant at Comilla Cantonment Board, filed a murder case with the Kotwali police the following day without naming anyone.
After joining as Special Police Superintendent of CID's Comilla branch on July 25, Shahriar Rahman met Tonu's family. He had assured proper investigation and bringing the perpetrators to book.
The CID has apparently made no effort to crack the case since then.
Tonu's parents have reasons to be despondent: investigators have failed to find out the reason of her death after two post-mortem examinations; they are yet to collect DNA samples from suspects and match with those found on the victim; transfer of the first investigation officer and no progress in the case.
Inspector Gazi Mohammad Ibrahim of CID, who is investigating the case, declined comment, saying they were still looking into it.
Tonu's father Yaar Hossain and mother Anowara Begum said they wondered if they would be able to see their daughter's killers behind bars or the trial of the murderers.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
