Dhaka: Police have detained a youth in connection with the killing of a schoolgirl in the capital's Hazaribagh area. The suspect, Siam, was detained in a drive in the Kathalbagan area, said Assistant Police Commissioner (Dhanmondi Zone) Mustafa Tarikuzzaman of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Thursday. Police also recovered the knife 'used in the killing' and a bloodstained shirt. He said details would be shared at a press briefing later in the day.
According to United News of Bangladesh, earlier, schoolgirl Shahriar Sharmin Binti was stabbed around 9:30 pm on Wednesday at Haider Hotel lane in Hazaribagh. She was first taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared her dead at around 10:45 pm.