The sliced body of a girl was recovered from near Fakirapool water tank in the capital yesterday.
The identity of the victim could not be known immediately. The face was burnt by acid, police said.
Abdul Awal, sub-inspector of Matijhil police station, said they recovered body sliced into seven parts from a building in the area.
A part of the body’s leg was found on the roof of the building and other parts were found adjacent to the building, he said.
“We are searching the rest parts of the body,” he added.
Police suspect that miscreants rapped the girl before killing her. Later, they left the parts of the body in different places.
The body’s parts were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s morgue for autopsy.
