Medical board finds rape evidence

A female teacher of Mujibnagar upazila in Meherpur, who is undergoing treatment at Kushtia General Hospital, was a victim of rape.

A three-member medical board led by Dr Tarun Kanti Ghosh, associate professor of Kushtia Medical College, said while talking to the journalist at the hospital after carrying out the test yesterday.

The 24-year-old woman, now undergoing treatment at a hospital under police custody, might have been raped in an unconscious state, Dr Tarun said.

Officer-in-Charge Shahabuddin Chowdhury of Kushtia Model Police Station said we have asked the adjacent police stations to enhance their cooperation to arrest the culprit.

We also alerted the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members at different border points so that the culprit could not cross the border, Sub-inspector Ashraful Islam of the police station, also the investigation officer of the case, said.

The female teacher along with her school's headmaster Shariful Islam went to Kushtia on Thursday night to attend the teachers registration examination scheduled for Friday.

The two teachers rented two separate rooms at a residential hotel in Kushtia town. The following morning, the victim alleged that Shariful entered her room earlier of the day and raped her.