5 youths confess to killing Nahid
Five young men, arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of 4-year-old Nahid, yesterday confessed to killing the boy for ransom. Officer-In-Charge of Belkuchi police station Mostafizur Rahman said the arrestees during primary investigation told police that they were involved in the crime. Body of Nahid, abducted by criminals on October 31, was recovered from under a bridge at Syamgati village in Belkuchi upazila on Wednesday. The helpless boy was son of Harunur Rashid, a grocer of the village. Police said criminals abducted Nahid from his residence and later demanded Tk five lakh as ransom. The abductors strangled Nahid as his parents did not comply with their demand, they said. On Tuesday night, police arrested Sumon, 24,of Chandangati village in connection with the abduction. Following his confessional statement police recovered the body in the morning and sent it to local hospital morgue for autopsy. Later, police arrested four others --Ali Alam, 18, Salauddin, 20, Babu alias Bappi, 24, and Russel, 18, -- from different villages.
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