In Shahrasti, Chandpur, the aunt of a 3-year-old girl named Tasnuha, identified as Sathi Akter, has confessed to her murder after the child’s body was found in a sack.
On Friday (September 5), Sathi Akter told Shahrasti Police Station that on Wednesday afternoon, while disposing of rice starch, it accidentally spilled on the child. When Tasnuha began to scream, Sathi, in a panic, throttled her. Realizing the child had died, Sathi hid the body in a sack and placed it on the ceiling of her house to cover up the incident.
Sathi further stated that when family members began searching for the child, she became distressed. On Thursday night, she disposed of the child’s body in a pond.
According to police, on Thursday night, the body of the child was recovered in a sack from the Patowari household in Panchail village, Chitoshi East Union of Shahrasti upazila. After discovering bloodstains in the room of Tasnuha’s uncle, Ripon Patowari, police grew suspicious of Ripon and Sathi. Both were detained for questioning on Thursday night. Following extensive interrogation, Sathi Akter confessed to the murder.
Police have sent Sathi Akter to court after questioning, and the child’s body has been sent to the morgue for an autopsy. Shahrasti Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abul Basar confirmed that a case has been filed against Sathi Akter, and further investigation is underway.