Missing girl Muntaha found dead in pond near her home

The body of six-year-old Muntaha Aktar Jerin, who went missing from her house on November 3, was recovered from a pond in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila early Sunday.

Muntaha was daughter of Shamim Ahmed of Bharafoud village under Birdal union of Kanaighat upazila.

Kanaighat police station’s Officer-in-Charge Md Abdul Awal confirmed that the body was retrieved from the pond near her house around 4.00am.

There were marks of injuries in the body and her throat was tied with ropes, he said, suspecting that the body was thrown into the pond after she had been murdered.

The victim's father claimed that Muntaha was abducted in a planned manner and that they had filed a general diary with the police regarding the incident.

Muntaha had been missing since November 3, the day she went out in the afternoon to play with other children. Despite extensive searches in the area, her family was unable to find her.