Stepmother sent to jail for girl's rape, murder

Stepmother sent to jail in girl rape, murder case
Stepmother sent to jail in girl rape, murder case

A Patuakhali special court on Friday sent a victim's stepmother to jail for her alleged involvement in the killing and 'rape' of school-girl, Eva, at Sirajpur village in Kalapara upazila in the city on Tuesday night.

Kolapara upazila senior judicial magistrate Moniruzzaman passed the order after Salma Begum was produced before it with a seven-day remand prayer.

On Tuesday night, a gang of miscreants stormed into the victim's house around 7:00pm and reportedly raped and murdered Eva, 11, a class-VI student of Mohipur High School and daughter of carpenter Ismail Gharami of the village.

Eva was taken to Mohipur 20-bed Hospital where physicians declared her dead and her body bore several injury marks.

Later on Wednesday night, police detained the victim's stepmother for interrogation.

Victim's father Ismail filed a case against three unnamed people with Mohipur police station over the tragic incident on Thursday.

Police arrested Md Kawsar, 38, for his alleged involvement with the incident on the same day.