A schoolgirl has committed suicide after Kangaroo court punished and
assaulted her mentally at Shreepur Upazila in Gazipur on Saturday
afternoon.
The deceased is Mousumi Akhter, 14, daughter of Mozaffar Hossain of Kodma village under Prohladpur union of the upazila.
The villagers alleged that the arbitrator wrongfully supported the
accused Sujan Miah, 22, son of Asraf Ali of the neigbouring Vitapara
village who abducted the girl on December 14. Sujan was also stalking
the girl for long three years.
The girl was rescued by her aunt Masuda Begum from Sujan’s friend’s house on December 15.
Rahima Khatun, the neighbour of the deceased, alleged that the
village arbitrators UP member Samsul Haque and Abdus Satter allegedly
called the girl ‘prostitute’ and threatened the girl when she tried to
speak up.
As a punishment, the UP member ordered the girl to squat by holding ears for 50 times.
She did it five times and ran to her room and hanged herself from the ceiling fan after closing the door, she added.
The villagers along with the arbitrators recovered the body and
rushed to the hospital where the on duty doctor declared her dead.
The villagers alleged that the same arbitrators pardoned the accused
in the previous arbitration that took place for stalking the victim.
After the girl suicide, the village arbitrators Abdus Satter and accused Sujon fled from the village.
Officer-in-Charge of Shreepur police station Mohsin Hossain said: “I
have heard about the matter. We will take initiative to arrest the
accused after a case was filed in this regard.”
Source : Online Khobor
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