Girl raped, killed in Pirojpur

Miscreants killed a teenage girl apparently after raping her at Khetachira village in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur early today.

Khondakar Mostafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Mathabaria Police Station, said the victim along with her sister went to the house of their sister-in-law in the village last night.

But early today, a group of miscreants intercepted the girl and raped her in a paddy field while she was returning home alone around 6:00am. She was hit with hard objects.

Police arrested one Syed in connection with the incident, said Walid Hossain, superintendent of police in Pabna.