Girl strangled in city

The victim's identity could not be known till filing of this report at 8:30 last night.

Clad in black salwar and printed kamiz, her body was abandoned in an open gunny bag in the residential area of Tinshed Colony in Mirpur-13.

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On receiving information, Kafrul police recovered the body at 8:30am and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Our DMCH correspondent said the victim's body bore marks of beating injuries in the right eye, cheeks and forehead, while her hands were tied behind with her scarf.

Police said someone beat the girl, strangled her somewhere else and dumped the body there.

Sub-inspector Faruk Mollah of Kafrul Police Station filed a murder case.