Chanpa Rape, Murder in Faridpur
Protesters block highway, reject autopsy report
Locals along with teachers and students of different educational institutions in Kanaipur union under Faridpur Sadar upazila block Dhaka-Khulna highway at Kanaipur Bazar yesterday, demanding immediate arrest of the culprits, who killed schoolgirl Zakia Akhter Chanpa after rape on December 13 last year. Photo: STAR
Locals along with teachers and students of different schools of Kanaipur union in Faridpur Sadar upazila blocked Dhaka-Khulna highway in front of Kanaipur Bazar yesterday for half an hour from 10:30am demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the culprits, who they said, killed schoolgirl Zakia Akhter Chanpa after rape on the night of December 13 last year. They also formed a human chain on the road and then took out a procession in the Bazar area. Addressing a rally at the bazaar, the protesters rejected the autopsy report that revealed that Chanpa committed suicide. Terming the report false, they demanded punishment to forensic expert Doctor Anjan Kumar Das of Faridpur Medical College Hospital. Zakia Akhter Chanpa, 15, a class nine student of Pordia Girls' High School in Kanaipur union, went missing from a wedding ceremony at her relative's house near their residence at Kashemabad village in the same union on the night of December 13. The following morning, her body was found hanging from a tree at the village. Police recovered the body and sent it to Faridpur Medical College Hospital for autopsy. Chanpa's elder brother Hasibul Islam, also a student of Jagannath University in Dhaka, filed a rape and murder case with Faridpur Kotwali Police Station the same day, accusing their neighbour Salam Matabbar, his wife Parvin Akhtar, their son Babu matabbar, relative Shamim Mondol and villagers Abul Kha and Hashem Kha, Soon after filing of the case, police arrested Abul Kha and Hashem Kha while the rest four are still at large. In the case statement, the complainant stated that Salam and his accomplices used to tease Chanpa on her way to and from the school and they were involved in the rape and murder of her. Parvin Akhter was an abettor of the culprits, he said in the statement. The autopsy report, submitted by Doctor Anjan Kumar Das to the Judicial Magistrate's Court, said no signs of rape and murder were found on the Chanpa's body. She committed suicide, the report revealed. In the inquest report, Sub-Inspector Kamruzzaman of the police station mentioned that signs of rape were found on the Chanpa's body. As per court order, Chanpa's body was exhumed on January 5 in the presence of Executive Magistrate Shahidul Islam. Viscera were sent to Dhaka for fresh autopsy.
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