Woes of 2 rape victims

In the first incident, a schoolgirl was compelled to flee her village home after being threatened by 'rapists' to do so. The incident happened at Chandipasha village of Nadail upazila in Mymensingh.

A criminal named Shafiqul Islam, 30, of the same village entered the bedroom of the ill-fated girl at midnight on June 5 and raped her there. Two days later, influential people at the village organised an arbitration meeting and fined Shafiqul 20,000 taka in his absence. But the culprit refused to comply with the judgement, rather he threatened the victim's father to shift his daughter elsewhere or face death. Ultimately, the girl's father shifted her to Dhaka due to lack of security of life.

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After the rape incident, the victim tried to commit suicide several times.

A case was filed with Nandail police station.

In another incident, a seven-year-old rape victim was also shifted to Dhaka in a critical condition from Ishwarganj in Mymensingh.

The poor girl, a madrassa student was returning home from her teacher's house on June 6 evening. Then Halud Mia, son of Abul Hashem, Shahajahan son of Shamsuddin at the same village waylaid her and took her to a nearby lonely jungle and raped her, according to police.

She was sent to Mymensingh Medical Collage Hospital in a critical condition from where she was removed to Dhaka Medical Collage Hospital on June 13.

A case was filed with Ishwarganj thana, but police failed to arrest the accused.