Police have arrested a man over the murder of his 7-year-old half-brother in Dhaka city.
Md Simran was found dead on Thursday evening on a boat on the banks of the Turag River, said Uttarkhan police’s Sub- Inspector Md Anwar Hossain Khan.
The boy used to live with his father Nasir Uddin and mother Sufia Begum at Uzampur.
Nasir’s son from his previous marriage, 22-year-old Bappi, lives in Gazipur, but often visits his father.
Quoting family members and neighbours, the police officer said Bappi took Simran to the banks of Turag River in the afternoon and strangled him to death, reports bdnews24.
Locals nabbed Bappi and reported it to the police.
The boy’s mother has started a murder case with the local police and Bappi has been formally arrested in the case, said Sub-Inspector Khan.
