A woman allegedly poisoned and killed a seven-year-old girl at Imandipur mahalla of Savar Municipality area on Monday night.
The victim is Shanta, daughter of Siraj, a dweller of the area.
Afterwards, a clash ensued between locals and police, leaving 20 people injured.
Local sources said a garment worker named Achia, 35, killed Shanta by poisoning her foodin while she was at home before sunset and later she stuffed the body into a sack.
When she went to dump the body around 9:30pm, locals caught her red handed with the stuffed body and started beating up her indiscriminately.
Being informed, police rushed to the spot and a fierce clash erupted when they tried to rescue the woman from mob beating.
At one stage, to bring the situation under control, police fired shots and charged batons on the unruly crowd, leaving the 20 injured.
Savar model police station OC Mostafa Kamal said Achia, on preliminary interrogation, confessed her involvement in the killing of Shanta with poison. “A case was filed and we are investigating into the incident.”
Earlier, Achia had also killed three minor girls in the same way and three cases were launched in those incidents. And about one and half months back, she came out on bail and took a job at a local apparel factory, the OC added.
