A Dhaka court on Wednesday framed charges against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan in a case filed over sensational rape and murder of an 'O'-level student at Kalabagan in the capital Dhaka.
Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-7, Dhaka acting judge Zulfiqar Hayat also fixed March 16 for recording testimonies against Dihan in the sensational case.
On January 7 last year, Kalabagan police recovered the body of a 17-year-old girl from a city hospital and arrested Fardin Iftekhar Dihan, 18, and three others in this connection.
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A case was filed over the death of the girl, who was ‘sexually assaulted’ and ‘killed’.
Later, the victim's father filed a case against Dihan on the night of the incident.
On January 9, law enforcers released three youths after questioning them over the matter.
The victim had gone to a friend's house in Kalabagan for a group study.
Dihan, who raped and killed her at his family flat in Kalabagan, gave a confessional statement before a Dhaka court.
Doctors also found the evidence of rape after autopsy of the victim.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mamunur Rashid recorded the statement and sent him to jail pending hearing.
