A 13-year-old girl was found dead at her house at Haliashohor in Chattogram on Sunday, said police.
Mostafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Haliashohor Police Station, said the girl was living with her parents.
Her father first spotted the body lying in bed at night.
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On information, police recovered the body and sent it to a local hospital around 10 pm, said OC.
The body bore injury marks. Police suspect that the girl was strangulated after rape.
Alamgir Hossain, a tenant of the same building, who used to live there with his wife, has been missing since the incident. Police suspect he might have gone into hiding.
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The father of the deceased lodged a complaint with Haliashohor Police on Monday.