Tufan, 12 others charged in Bogra rape
Tufan Sarkar, suspended Bogra unit convener of Sramik League, and 12 others were charged in two cases regarding shaving the heads of a female student and her mother after Tufan the raped the girl by.
Bogra Sadar police station inspector (operations) Abul Kalam Azad, who is also the investigation officer in the cases, submitted two charge sheets accusing the 13, to the court of senior judicial magistrate Mohammad Kamruzzaman on Tuesday evening.
Bogra police superintendent Md Asaduzzaman told Prothom Alo that the IO submitted the charge sheets at 6:45pm.
The other accused in the two cases are Tufan's wife Tasmin Rahman alias Asha, 20, Asha's elder sister Marzia Hasan Rumki, 35, their mother Lavli Rahman alias Rumi, 45, father Jamilur Rahman, 60, barber Jibon Rabidas, 25, Anjuara Begum, 55, Tufan's associates Md Atikur Rahman alias Atik, 25, Munna, 24, Ali Azam Dipu, 25, Mehedi Hasan alias Rupam, 26, Samiul Haque alias Shimul, 25, and Emarat Alam Khan alias Jitu, 23.
According to the charge sheet of a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Act, accused Tufan and his associates Atik, Munna, Dipu, Shimul, Rupam, and Jitu, took the girl to Tufan's house at Badurtala in the district town, promising to arrange her admission to a local college. They raped her there on 17 July.
When Tufan's wife Asha and her elder sister Rumki came to know of the incident, along with some other associates, they picked up the girl and her mother from their family home.
They allegedly beat the girl and her mother with sticks and cut their hair. At one stage, the offenders had the women's heads shaved by a barber.
Later, two cases were filed against Tufan, his wife Asha, sister Rumki, and others in this connection.
*This report has been rewritten in English by Imam Hossain.