Rape of schoolgirl sparks protest in Panchagarh
Teachers, students and guardians form a human chain at Chowrangi intersection in Panchagarh town on Sunday demanding arrest and punishment of the culprit who raped a schoolgirl at Tunirhat village on June 22.Photo: STAR
Students, teachers, guardians and public representatives at Tunirhat village under Panchagarh Sadar upazila formed a human chain at Chowrangi intersection of Panchagarh district town on Sunday demanding arrest and punishment of a culprit who raped a primary schoolgirl. They also brought outa procession in the town and placed a memorandum to deputy commissioner Banamali Bhoumick. Police said the 10-year-old daughter of Rabiul Alam of Tunirhat village and class-V student of Kajaldighi Tunirhat Government Primary School, went out to bring dried clothes from a bamboo fence near her house on June 22. As she was alone, Ahsan Habib,18, son of Osman Gani of the same village took the girl to his house and raped her there. After the incident, the culprit asked the girl not to disclose the matter and threatened to kill her. But the girl told the matter to her mother. The next day, victim's father filed a rape case accusing Ahsan Habib and his fellow Abdus Sattar with Panchagarh police station. "We have launched drives to arrest the culprit who has gone into hiding," said SI Din Mohammad, investigation officer (IO) of the case.
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