Narayanganj child killed by six teens 'to experience jail life': Police

Police in Narayanganj have detained six teenagers over the killing of an 11-year-old boy in Fatullah, alleging that the accused committed the crime out of curiosity about what life in jail would be like.

Narayanganj Superintendent of Police Md Mizanur Rahman Munshi disclosed the information at a press conference today (27 April).

Police said the victim, Hossain, used to sell flowers in Narayanganj city with his father.

He had been missing since the morning of 18 April. His body was later recovered on Friday afternoon (23 April) from an abandoned house in the Dapa Idrakpur Bank Colony area.

Investigators said several teenagers regularly gathered at the abandoned house and used drugs there.

According to police, three of the accused discussed among themselves on the day of the incident that a person who commits murder goes to jail, and they wanted to experience that.

Police said they then targeted Hossain as he was passing by and lured him to the house by offering him marijuana.

Three other teenagers were already present there.

Investigators said the group then stabbed the boy to death and fled, leaving the body inside the abandoned building.

After recovering the body, police first arrested one suspect during a raid.

Based on information obtained from him, five more teenagers were later detained in separate drives.

Police disclosed the identities of the six detainees, but as they are minors, The Business Standard will not publish the names.

Police said four of the six were named in the First Information Report filed by the victim's mother, while two others were identified during the investigation.

The first accused named in the case later gave a confessional statement under Section 164.

Police said the knife used in the killing had been recovered, and one more suspect remained absconding.