College girl murdered

Criminals killed a college girl at Timir Kathi in Nalchhity upazila on Tuesday night. Identified as Sharmin Aktar, 21, she was daughter of retired army sergeant Abul kalam. She was a student of philosophy at BM College, Barisal. Police said the gang attacked Sharmin with sharp weapons, leaving her critically injured when she was talking over mobile phone beside her house. The girl was rushed to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared her dead. Sharmin might have been killed over love affairs, said Asaduzzaman, officer in-charge at Nalchhity police station.