Rumi's father wants noose for daughter's stalkers

Before hanging herself, Rumi left a suicide note relating her traumatic experience due to sexual harassment by the two brothers Mohammad Azam and Mohammad Nazim.

"Five days after my daughters death, the two main culprits are still at large. Would I be accused of overreacting if I now question the administration's sincerity about arresting the culprits who harried my beloved daughter to death? Except for the officer-in-charge of the Fatikchhari Police Station, none of the top officials of the district or police administration deemed it necessary to visit us," Rumi's father Abul Kalam told reporters at the Chittagong offices of the daily Prothom Alo and The Daily Star yesterday.

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The bereaved father recalled the fond memories of his deceased daughter, and narrated how much his "jovial and bright child" cherished the dream of becoming a lawyer to help poor litigants, and how earnestly he hoped to see her dream come true. "But now both my child and her dream are buried forever."

"I demand capital punishment to the culprits," Abul Kalam said in a choked voice.

Meanwhile, Rumi's elder sister Nahida Akhtar Sumi lodged another case with the Fatikchhari Police Station under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act Saturday, accusing four including Azam and Nazim. The two others accused are Md. Saifuddin alias Shahabuddin and Abdul Haq alias Fenzu. Police arrested Fenzu from his house at Roshangiri yesterday.