, June 16 -- A village in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila turned into a battlefield on Tuesday as enraged residents clashed with police over the "rape and murder" of a seven-year-old girl, leaving at least 20 people, including the district's superintendent of police (SP) and an officer-in-charge (OC), injured.

Violence erupted after police refused to hand over the prime suspect to the crowd. Seven vehicles were vandalised during the melee.

Nandini Kanto Roy, daughter of Nalini Kanto of Folimari village under Bhelabari union, was found dead in a maize field of the village in the morning, a day after she went missing on Monday afternoon.

Locals spotted muddy soil in the nearby maize field. Later, they dug up the spot, where they found the...