A schoolgirl was killed after reportedly being raped in Gopinathpur area of Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila on Friday
The deceased was identified as Hiramoni Begum, ninth grader of Palerhat High School in Sadar upazila.
Some miscreants violated Hiramoni when she was alone at home as her mother went to Dhaka for her father’s treatment recently, said Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Police Station Md Moslem Uddin.
Later, they strangulated her to death and fled, OC said.
Neighbours informed police after spotting the body in her house, the officer said.
The body was sent to the Sadar Hospital for an autopsy, he said.