Brutality on 2 orphan girls

Two minor girls of a government-run girls' orphanage in Kushtia were violated allegedly by one of its employees.

The accused is Munshi Nasir Uddin, employee of the orphanage in Chourhas area of the town.

The authorities suspended Nasir after the incident came to light. A five-member inquiry committee was also formed to probe the matter.

The victims' family members said Nasir raped the girls, aged about 8 and 7, for three days from Friday at his office. 

Of them, the eight-year-old girl fell sick. She informed waiting-maid Hasna Hena of the orphanage about the matter on Monday morning.

Hena tried to hide the fact and gave sanctified water to the girl. In the afternoon, when the girl screamed for pain, Hena gave her Cyprocine tablet and asked her not to disclose the matter.

But a girl, who was close to the victim, informed her family of the matter over phone on Tuesday noon. 

On information, Deputy Director (DD) of Social Welfare Department in Kushtia Rokasa Parvin rushed to the orphanage and sent the girls to Kushtia General Hospital for medical test.

The DD then instantly suspended Nasir and formed the probe committee, headed by Assistant Director of Social Welfare Department in Kushtia Hasina Mamtaz.

Yesterday, a rape case was filed, accusing Nasir, said Sahabuddin Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Kushtia Model Police Station.

The accused went into hiding soon after the incident, said the OC.