Tajmin Murder: Hotel employee detained in Cox’s Bazar

Police have detained a young man named Riaz Uddin, alias Raju, in connection with the murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Jannatul Tajmin in Cumilla.

He was detained from the Kalatali area of Cox’s Bazar town around 10:30pm on Sunday. Raju works at a hotel in the area.

Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station, confirmed the detention.

According to the hotel authorities, Tajmin checked into a room at Meghla Resort, a residential hotel in Kalatali, on Tuesday evening with Raju’s assistance. She left the hotel at around 11am on Wednesday.

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Auto-rickshaw driver raped, strangled schoolgirl Tajmin to death: Police

CCTV footage showed Tajmin getting off a bus in front of Hotel Nurjahan at Paduar Bazar Biswa Road shortly before midnight on Wednesday. She then hired a CNG-run auto-rickshaw to go to her home in the Racecourse area of Cumilla city.

According to police, the driver, Sumon, took her to an isolated location in Uttarpara of Bhoraljagatpur in Lalmai upazila instead of taking her to Racecourse. She was allegedly raped and strangled to death with a towel. Police recovered her body from the ridge of a paddy field there on Thursday morning.

Police later arrested Sumon in Chattogram and recovered Tajmin’s iPhone from a location identified by him.

Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Lalmai Police Station, said Sumon had given a confessional statement before a court.