<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), this morning, recovered the severed head of five-year-old Ayat, who was abducted and murdered in Chattogram, from a canal in the port city.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Illias Khan, PBI inspector in Chattogram, said that they recovered the head from a canal near a sluice gate in EPZ area on Akmal Ali Road, following information from the accused Abir.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said two teams of 25 PBI personnel have been searching for Ayat’s remains for the last three days at the spot where the remains were dumped.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Ayat’s face has been disfigured and it is difficult to identify, but it should be her head,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier on Wednesday, Ayat’s remains were recovered from the canal on Akmal Ali Road in Chattogram city.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On November 25, PBI arrested Abir Ali (20) for kidnapping and murdering Alina Islam Ayat, 10 days after the child went missing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Accused Abir, an ex-tenant of the victim’s family, kidnapped the child on November 15 for ransom when she was on her way to a mosque for Arabic lessons, at Bandartila area in Chattogram.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abir strangled the girl to death and later chopped her body into six pieces. He subsequently dumped the body parts, wrapped in two bags, on the beach in the city’s Kattali area.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ayat’s father, Sohel Rana, lodged a general diary at the local police station after she went missing, police said. Abir was put on another seven-day remand on Monday on completion of his two-day remand. Abir’s parents Azharul Islam and Aleya Begum were placed on a three-day remand on Tuesday. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>