Police recovered the body of a 15-year-old schoolgirl from a crop field in Jagatpur of Lalmai upazila on Thursday morning.
The deceased was identified as Jannatul Tazmin, daughter of Abdul Alim of Churamankati in Jashore Sadar. She was a seventh-grade student of Farida Vidyayatan in Cumilla city.
Lalmai Police Station Officer-In-Charge Md Mizanur Rahman said police recovered the body around 7am from a crop field near Manumura jungle in Jagatpur Northpara. A green CNG-run autorickshaw was also found abandoned nearby.
Locals spotted the vehicle and later found the girl’s body about 50 yards from the road, lying beside a field ridge with a gamcha wrapped around her neck.
Police, along with CID and PBI teams, visited the scene and collected evidence.
The girl’s father said she left their rented home in Cumilla on October 4, saying she was going to a friend’s house, and later travelled to Cox’s Bazar with the friend. He last spoke to her around 2am Wednesday after she returned to Cumilla.
After losing contact with her, he traced her mobile phone location to the Lalmai area and later learned that her body had been recovered from Jagatpur.
OC Md Mizanur Rahman said the body was sent to Cumilla Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
“Several police teams are working to determine how the incident occurred and identify those involved,” he said.