Pallabi Police Station Officer in Charge (OC) Hasan Bashir said, “We have received the DNA report from CID. In addition, the autopsy report from Suhrawardy Hospital was also handed over to us today. We hope to submit the charge sheet in the case by tomorrow, Sunday. We are working with the highest priority.”

At around 11:30 am on 19 May, the dismembered body of an eight-year-old girl was recovered from a third-floor apartment in a building in Pallabi. Following the incident, the child’s father filed a case with Pallabi Police Station. The main accused in the murder, Sohel Rana, gave a confessional statement in court last Wednesday. In the statement, he confessed to raping and then killing the child.