Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Md Asaduzzaman has directed the commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police to submit the probe report within one week over the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old child at Pallabi in Dhaka.

The information was revealed in a statement issued by the ministry on Thursday.

According to the statement, the minister instructed the authorities concerned to ensure a prompt investigation into the case.

He also said appropriate steps will be taken to complete the trial proceedings of the murder case in the shortest possible time.

The victim, a Class-II student, was raped and killed by a tenant of their next-door flat at Pallabi in the capital on Tuesday.

The suspect — Sohel Rana — reportedly lured her into his room when she left her flat in the morning. Later, he raped the girl and killed her by slitting her throat.

The girl’s decapitated body was found beneath the bed while her severed head inside a bucket in the bathroom.

Local people detained the suspect’s wife, Swapna Akter, though Sohel managed to escape by cutting through a window grille.

He was later arrested in Fatullah of Narayanganj in the evening on the same day.

On Wednesday, Sohel gave a statement before a Dhaka court confessing to his guilt.