Joypurhat, May 31 -- The quiet village of Himail in Joypurhat's Kalai upazila was shaken by a grim discovery on Friday night as the lifeless body of a four-year-old girl, found stuffed inside a septic tank, seven days after she was reported missing.

Little Radia Akhter Ruhi had been visiting her paternal grandmother's house when she vanished without a trace on May 24.

Her disappearance plunged the family into uncertainty and fear. A general diary was filed at Kalai Police Station by her mother, Arjen Akhter, sparking a frantic search.

Days passed, but there was no sign of Ruhi - until Friday night, when police, acting on leads from their investigation, pried open the lid of the toilet's septic tank at the same house. Inside, they found...