Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Milon, a suspect in the murder of a schoolgirl whose body was found with its throat slit at a house in Dhaka's South Banasree.

The elite police unit says Milon, a restaurant worker, was arrested from the Boro Singha area of Bagerhat Sadar Thana early on Monday morning, according to bdnews24.com.

The body of the student was found at the "Preetom Villa" building in South Banasree's A Block late on Saturday afternoon. The 17-year-old girl was a student in Class 10 at Radiant School and College.

At the time of the killing, the victim's parents and brother were at their ancestral home of Habiganj. Her older sister, Shobha Akhter, had gone to the gym that afternoon. She returned...