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Standing in the dock, he shouted at lawyers: “I did not commit the rape; I only dismembered the body. Dollar committed the rape. I have sinned, so punish me for that sin.”

He further claimed Dollar had promised Tk 2 lakh if he brought the girl to him, but police stopped him from speaking further. He also insisted his wife was innocent.

Ramisa’s father, Abdul Hannan Mollah, told The Daily Star: “The accused has come up with the name Dollar to delay the trial. We want his highest punishment through the quickest trial.”

The judge fixed today for the start of trial, with Ramisa’s father scheduled to testify first.

On May 24, SI Ohiduzzaman submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, accusing Sohel of rape, murder and destruction of evidence, and Swapna of destroying evidence and giving false information.

The case was later transferred to the Children Violence Suppression Tribunal.

Ramisa, a second‑grade student of Popular Model High School, was found beheaded on May 19 in the home of neighbours Sohel and Swapna.

Her father filed a case the next day against the couple and an unidentified person. Investigators said Sohel lured Ramisa into his room, raped her, then slit her throat and attempted to dismember the body.