Nitu Mandal was hacked to death by a stalker at Aisar Kandi village in Kalkini upazila in the district on Sunday. Alleged stalker Milon Mandal waylaid Nitu on her way to school and hit her with a sharp weapon in her abdomen, leaving her critically injured. Later, she died on the way to hospital.
Yesterday morning, Nahid talked to deputy commissioner and police superintendent of Madaripur over phone and asked them to take necessary steps to ensure punishment of the killer.
He expressed also deep sympathy to the bereaved family members of Nitu, said a handout.
After the killing, locals caught Milon red handed from the area and beat up him when he tried to flee from the spot.
During preliminary interrogation, Milon confessed his involvement with the killing. Based on Milon's statement, police recovered the knife used in the killing from a neighbouring house of him.
Family members of the victim said Milon Mondal, son of Biren Mondal and an honors student of Syed Abul Hossain College and also a neighbour of Nitu, had been stalking her for long.
Following the issue Nitu and Milon had locked into altercation for several times, they added.
Meanwhile, people from all walk of life held a human chain in front of Kalkini Nobogram Government High School, demanding exemplary punishment for the killer of Nitu, a Class 9 student of the school and daughter of Nirmol Mondal.
Sohodeb Chandra Baroi, headmaster of Nabogram High School, said Nitu was a brilliant student and she got GPA 5 in the JSC examination. The headteacher also wanted punishment of Milon as soon as possible.
Tithi Rani, classmate of Nitu, said: “We want justice for Nitu. Nitu is not with us. We are feeling empty.”
Earlier, Suraiya Akhter Risha, 14, daughter of Md Ramzan Ali of Bangshal of old Dhaka and an eighth-grader of Willes Little Flower School and College, was stabbed in the abdomen by a stalker in front of her educational institution at Kakrail in the capital on August 24.
She died from her wounds at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on August 28. The killing of Risha has created a widespread protest across the counrty.
