
The victim was identified as Ramisa, daughter of Abdul Hannan Molla of Block-B, Section-11 of the area, known as Pallabi.
According to police, family members launched a search for Ramisa after she went missing in the morning.
At one stage, they searched the room of Sohel, 32, a tenant of the same building, and found the girl’s decapitated body.
The beheaded body was recovered from beneath the bed, while her severed head was later found inside a bucket kept in the bathroom of the flat, reports UNB.
Officer-in-Charge of Pallabi Police Station Hasan Bashir said preliminary findings suggest the child was raped before being killed.
The accused reportedly fled through a window after the incident, he said, adding that they detained his wife Swapna for questioning.