Minor girl strangled to death in Kushtia

KUSHTIA, Aug 26 (UNB): A minor girl was strangulated to death at Muslimnagar village in Doulatpur upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.

The deceased was identified as Maya (5), daughter of Moinul Islam, a resident of Muslimnagar village.

Locals said Maya was playing in a field, adjacent to her house, wearing ornaments.

At that time, Shohel (14), also a resident of the village, along with 3-4 others took Maya to a nearby jute field and started to snatch the ornaments from her body.

As Maya started to yell, the miscreants strangulated her with a raw jute rope, leaving her dead on the spot around 10am.

Later, police recovered the body from the jute field after a frantic search around 5pm.