Six-year-old girl, businessman killed in Comilla

Comilla, Apr 10 (bdnews24.com)— A trader and a six-year-old girl were murdered in separate incidents in Comilla, police said Tuesday. Khokon Saha, 38, was killed at Elliotganj bazaar in Daudkandi. Daudkandi police chief Khosh Ahmed Chowdhury said the police found the businessman dead near the bazaar at 10:00am. "I have no idea how he was killed," he said. The superintendent and the additional superintendent of police for Comilla district visited the scene at 2pm Tuesday. In another incident, six-year-old Sonia was killed in Mohishmara village in Burichaung. Burichaung police chief Mahbubur Rahman said Sonia, daughter of Firoz Mia, had been missing since 10pm Monday. Her body with severed head injuries was found at 2am Tuesday. Police sent Sonia's body to hospital for an autopsy. Police arrested Sonia's father Firoz Mia and her brother Maungal Mia. Burichaung police further said Maungal had a row with his father and threatened to kill everyone in the family. bdnews24.com/corr/sd/wz/ad/1545 hours