A seven-year-old madrasha student was found dead with his throat slit at an orphanage in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram district on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Iftekhar Malikul Mashfique, a student of Allama Hazrat Sheikh Asiar Rahman Farooque Orphanage and Madrasha located in the Charandwip area of the upazila.
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MD Abdul, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station, said Mashfique’s body was found inside the orphanage around 9am. As the news spread, local residents gathered at the orphanage and demanded police action.
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"The body has been sent to the local hospital morgue for an autopsy. A probe is on," the OC said.