The Police Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday recovered the body a 10-year old girl, who was abducted while going to school on March 21, at Pahartali Wireless Chicken Farm area in Chattogram city.

The body of Abida Sultana Ayoni was recovered from a pond early Wednesday and it is suspected that she was raped before the murder, said PBI SP Nayeema Sultana.

The prime suspect in this case Rubel was interrogated and, according to his information, Abida’s body was recovered from the pond, she said.

Details will be revealed through a press conference later on Wednesday, said the PBI SP.

According to the case statement, the class IV student was going to school on that day. When she reached Kazir Dighi’s Sagarika Road area, local vegetable seller Rubel lured her to give kittens and abducted her which was caught on CCTV footage.