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HEARING-MURDER-SAIMA
Two neighbors testify in Wari child rape, murder case
DHAKA, Feb 03, 2020 (BSS) – Two new prosecution witnesses today
testified in the case filed over rape and subsequently murder of seven-year-
old Samia Afrin Saima in capital’s Wari area.
Saima’s neighbors Ajgar Ali and Haider Ali testified at Dhaka 1st Women
and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal and were cross examined
afterwards. After the end of today’s proceedings, Judge Qazi Abdul Hannan
adjourned the hearing till February 12.
The sole accused Harun-ur Rashid was present at the court during today’s
hearing.
Saima’s father Abdus Salam filed the case under Women and Children
Repression Prevention Act with Wari Police Station on July 6, 2019, and
police on July 7 managed to arrest killer Harun-ur Rashid from Comilla.
Saima, nursery-grade student of Silverdale School went missing after
going out to play on the afternoon of July 5. Her body was found on the 8th
floor of their under construction building at 8pm, with a rope still wrapped
around her neck.
It was found later the little girl was brutally raped by Harun and the
killer dragged her lifeless body by tying a rope around her neck and took it
to the kitchen of that vacant flat and fled the scene.
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