Rape victim’s father assaulted allegedly by suspect's relatives

Map of Shariatpur
Map of Shariatpur

The father of a rape victim came under an attack reportedly by the relatives of the rape suspect in Zanjira upazila of Shariatpur on Wednesday for not withdrawing the rape case, reports UNB.

According to the victim’s family and police, the Class-VII student of Mirza Hazrat Ali Hye School, was raped by Sagar Shikder, son of Dulal Shikder, with the help of Shawkat Bepari, son of Jalil Bepari, at Sudhonyo Mondolerkandi village on 13 November. Later, the victim’s father filed a case against the accused.

After the filing of the case, the accused started to threaten the victim’s family with dire consequences if they did not withdraw the case.

When the victim’s father was returning home from outside on Wednesday evening, the father of the rape accused along with 2-3 persons, including a local union parishad member, obstructed him, he said.

When he tried to flee, they hurled a bomb towards him, leaving him injured and unconscious, he added.

Rescued by locals, he was taken to the Upazila Health Complex.

However, the rape suspect's father Dulal Shikder denied the allegation.

Azharul Islam, officer-in-charge of Zanjira police station, said they were investing the incident.