Man confesses to raping, killing 8-year-old girl

A man arrested over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar on December 2 has confessed to the crimes before a magistrate yesterday, police said.

The accused, Dulal Mia, 29, is from Shankaradah village in the upazila.

Ashraful Alam, judge of the Senior Judicial Magistrate Court of Brahmanbaria, recorded Dulal's confessional statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, said Maksud Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Nasirnagar Police Station.

Later, the judge sent him to jail, the police official said.

Citing Dulal's statement, the OC said the incident took place on the night of December 2. Dulal called the child, a class III student and his neighbour, to his home.

He then took her to a nearby abandoned house, raped her, and strangled her to death when she tried to scream.

Dulal told the court that he killed the girl, fearing that she would disclose the incident, said the OC.

The next morning, locals spotted the child's body and police was notified.

The same day, the victim's father filed a rape and murder case against unnamed suspects.