Rapists of college girl go scot-free, threaten family

Police could not arrest any of the killers even in one year after the incident though the district administration selected the case as a 'sensitive' one and transferred it to DB (Detective Branch) police.

The victim's parents came to The Daily Star correspondent with the photo of their daughter and complained of police inaction and treats by the rapists, allegedly protected by an influential quarter.

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At one stage they broke into tears and asked, "Are terrorists more powerful than government and law?"

Zahida Khatun, daughter of Raihan Zoarder, a poor farmer, appeared at the HSC examination last year from Dariapur College. She secured first division in HSC from Humanities Group as she got also in SSC.

But ill-fated Zahida could not know her HSC result as she was gangraped and strangled by some local miscreants on July 5, 2002, few days after the examination.

Family sources said, Zahida was caught by the miscreants in daylight and dragged to a jute field while she was returning home from her friend's house.

A case was lodged with Sreepur thana.

One of the alleged killers Mamun--, son of Mobarak Molla, was handed over to police by his elder brother.

The local administration at a meeting on law and order on August 27 last year put the case on the list 'sensitive' cases.

After about six months, the charge-sheet of the case was submitted to court.