Body of schoolgirl Juthi recovered from a pond in Patuakhali's Mirzaganj two days after she went missing
Police have recovered the body of a Class 10 schoolgirl in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali, two days after she went missing. The body was recovered at around 11:30am on Thursday (5 November) from a pond beside a betel-leaf grove next to her home in Adandua village of Dakshin Ghatak area of the upazila.
The student was Israt Jahan Juthi (16), daughter of Jamal Hawlader of the village and a Class 10 student of Subidkhali R I Pilot Government Secondary School.
Police and local sources said Juthi left home on Tuesday morning (3 November) to sit an examination. She usually returned home between 1:30pm and 2pm every day, but did not return that day.
When she did not come home at the usual time, family members searched for her at the school and other places, but found no trace of her.
On Thursday morning, a local woman spotted Juthi's shoe beside the betel-leaf grove. During the search that followed, her body was recovered from the pond next to the grove. The body was unclothed when it was recovered.
Mirzaganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Touhiduzzaman said initial investigation suggests the incident was a murder, and that further legal steps are being taken.
