Police have cracked the mystery behind the murder of a seven-year-old missing girl in Faridpur, arresting three suspects soon after the recovery of her body.

The arrested are Israfil Mridha, 24, Sheikh Amin, 19, and Nasima Begum, 45.

They were arrested during a drive on Thursday afternoon, said Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Ajmir Hossain at a press conference at Kotwali Police Station on Friday morning.

Accused in Faridpur triple murder case arrested

According to police and locals, Irin Akhter Bina, daughter of Baka Mia Biswas, was a student of Bokail Government Primary School. She went missing on April 24 from her home in Bakhunda Purbapara area under Gerda union in Sadar upazila.

A general diary (GD) was filed with Kotwali Police Station the following day, and announcements were made locally through miking.

Six days later, on Thursday morning, locals discovered a body in a banana plantation after noticing a foul smell. Family members later identified the victim as Irin.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Faridpur Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. A murder case was subsequently filed, and an investigation was launched by police and Detective Branch (DB).

Investigators found that the main accused – Israfil Mridha – allegedly lured the child to an abandoned tin-shed room of Ashrayan Kendra with the promise of chocolate.

He then attempted to rape her and later strangled her when she threatened to inform her family, police said.

To conceal the crime, he reportedly hid the body in a septic tank of a nearby house. A few days later, the house owner, Nasima Begum, noticed a problem with the toilet and informed her family members. Upon opening the tank, they found the body.

Police said Nasima Begum later asked her son Sheikh Amin and another son Rahman to remove the body, fearing that they might be held responsible for the murder. They allegedly placed it in a plastic drum and dumped it in the banana plantation to avoid identification.

Police recovered the victim’s clothes, sandals, the drum used to transport the body and a blanket from the scene.

“As the incident is very sensitive, we are conducting the investigation with utmost importance,” said Ajmir Hossain, adding that the accused were identified and arrested quickly using information technology and intelligence inputs.