Procession in Khagrachhari
Leaders of Parbatya Bangali Chhatra Parishad (PBCP) brought out a procession here yesterday demanding punishment to a culprit who allegedly tried to rape an elderly woman. The protesters alleged that rape and other kinds of sexual abuse against the Bangalee women by the ethnic gangs were on rise as the criminals often go unpunished. Earlier on Monday last, a 65-year-old woman of Muslimpara area under Mohalchhari upazila of the district was hospitalised as a group of criminals tried to rape her at a forest in the area. Officer in-charge of Mohalchhari police station Mohammad Zubarul Haque said, police arrested two people on Monday night after the victim's son filed a case accusing four.
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