Girl student strangled to death in Assam

Guwahati (IANS) | An 18-year-old schoolgirl was stabbed to death by a youth in Assam’s Karimganj district. Officials gave this information on Saturday. After a dispute on Friday in Dalgram village of the district, the young man killed the girl child with a sharp weapon. Munwara Begum was a student of Higher Secondary (HS) at Kaliganj Public Higher Secondary School.

Karimganj Superintendent of Police Partha Protim Das told reporters that on being informed by the locals, a police team reached the spot and recovered the girl’s body.

“We have detained one Jaber Ahmed in connection with the incident,” he said.

However, the weapon allegedly used in the crime is yet to be recovered.

The girl was stabbed on her neck with a sharp weapon and she died on the spot, Das said.

After the postmortem, the body was handed over to the relatives of the deceased.

The incident is being investigated.

–IANS