, June 17 -- A Chattogram court on Wednesday sentenced prime accused Abir Ali to death for killing five-year-old girl Alina Islam Ayat four years back.

Judge of Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Court-6 Muhammad Ali Akkas handed down the punishment in presence of the convict.

According to the prosecution, Ayat went missing on November 14, 2022 on her way to a mosque where she used to learn Arabic at Bandartila area in Chattogram.

The victim's father, Sohel Rana, lodged a general diary with the local police station after she went missing.

Abir, a former tenant of the victim's family, kidnapped the girl for ransom and strangled the girl to death as he failed to secure a place to keep her hostage.

She later chopped her bo...