Staff Reporter:
Police are expected to submit the chargesheet today in the case filed over the rape and murder of an eight years old child Ramisa in Pallabi area of the capital, as the DNA test has already been completed.
“The DNA examination process had been completed and the charge sheet could be submitted on Sun-day,” investigation officer (IO) of the case, Sub-Inspector Ohedujjaman Bhuoyan Nipun of Pallabi Po-lice Station told yesterday.
He also said he is now preparing the chargesheet while his seniors are examining various reports includ-ing the DNA.
Police said the accused, who was arrested on May 20, gave a confessional statement before the court un-der Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid recorded the statement and later ordered that the accused be sent to jail.
According to investigators, the accused confessed to luring the child into a room before committing the crime.
Investigators also said he attempted to destroy evidence after the incident and later fled the scene.
During interrogation and in his confessional statement, the accused reportedly claimed that he had con-sumed yaba before the incident.
Investigators further stated that no previous enmity was found between the accused and the victim’s fam-ily.
The victim’s father, Abdul Hannan Molla, filed the case with Pallabi Police Station on May 20.
On the same day, police produced the accused and his wife before the court and submitted separate peti-tions in connection with the investigation.
The brutal killing of the child sparked outrage across the country, with rights groups and international organizations demanding swift justice and stronger protection for children.
