Police have detained a man named Suman in connection with the murder of schoolgirl Jannatul Tazmin, 15, whose body was recovered from a paddy field in Lalmai upazila of Cumilla.

He was detained in Chattogram city on Friday morning (October 9). Police said Suman was the driver of the CNG-powered auto-rickshaw in which the schoolgirl had travelled.

Md. Mostain Billah Ferdous, senior assistant superintendent of police (Sadar South Circle) in Cumilla, confirmed the development.

He said several police teams conducted an operation based on confidential information and detained Suman in Chattogram. Police have since left for Cumilla with him. Further details will be disclosed at a press conference after they arrive in Cumilla, he added.

Earlier, on Thursday morning (October 8), police recovered Jannatul Tazmin’s body from a paddy field in Jagatpur village of Lalmai upazila in Cumilla. A CNG-powered auto-rickshaw was also found abandoned beside the body.