4-year-old Tabassum murdered after failed rape attempt, main accused arrested

❐ Local correspondent

Police have arrested Abu Taher (30), the main accused in the murder and disappearance of 4-year-old Tabassum in Kaliganj Upazila of Jhenaidah.

She was killed after a failed rape attempt, then her body was stuffed in a sack and hidden in a septic tank.

The police announced this information at a press conference organized at Kaliganj Police Station on Friday afternoon, February 27th.

Police said an investigation was launched immediately after the child’s body was found wrapped in a sack on Thursday afternoon.

After identifying neighbor Abu Taher as a suspect in the initial investigation, his location was confirmed with the help of information technology and he was arrested with the cooperation of Kushtia Police.

Based on information obtained during initial interrogation, the child’s sandals were recovered from the banks of the Chitra River and the nearby Panbarj in the Raigram area of ​​the upazila. In addition, the police have recovered the lungi worn by the child during the murder from the river.

Police said that the body of 4-year-old Tabassum was recovered from a septic tank of Abdul Jabbar Secondary School in Badurgacha village of the upazila on Thursday morning, a day after she went missing.

The deceased’s father, Nazrul Islam, filed a murder case against unknown suspects at Kaliganj Police Station that night.

Kaliganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Jellal Hossain said that Abu Taher, the real accused in the clueless case, was arrested less than 24 hours ago. The lungi and child’s sandals used by the murderer have been recovered as evidence.

Jhenaidah Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Mahfuz Afzal said that during initial interrogation, accused Abu Taher confessed to killing the child after trying to rape her unsuccessfully.

He has been arrested in a case filed by the father of the deceased child.

Meanwhile, locals have formed a human chain and protested demanding the maximum punishment for the killer. After Friday prayers, hundreds of people took part in the human chain in the Barobazar area of ​​the upazila. They demanded speedy trial and exemplary punishment for the killer. Later, a protest procession circled various roads of the market.