Rape, Murder of Jaldhaka Schoolgirl

Thousands of protesters submit memo to UNO

6 October 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Nilphamari

Students along with a large number of people from all walks of life join a human chain at Zero Point in Jaldhaka town yesterday demanding arrest and punishment of the rapist and killer of schoolgirl Eti Moni. PHOTO: BANGLAR CHOKH

Several thousand people including students and teachers brought out a procession in Jaldhaka upazila town and besieged the UNO office yesterday protesting alleged bid to save the rapist and killer of Eti Moni, a class ten student of Jaldhaka Girls' High School. They also handed over a memorandum to the UNO and held a meeting at Zero Point in the town demanding arrest of the culprit within 24 hours. "An influential quarter is trying to save the culprit by diverting the matter. They are trying to manage the doctor concerned of Nilphamari district hospital to implement their evil design," the victim's father Yakub Ali said in the meeting. Just after uttering the words, the ill-fated father became senseless. He was admitted to Jaldhaka Upazila Health Complex. Bursting into protest against the rape and murder of the schoolgirl, the huge crowd chanted slogan demanding a fair post mortem report. Speakers in the meeting warned of tougher programme to paralyse the upazila if the rapist and killer is not arrested within 24 hours. The district administration's meeting on law and order yesterday also discussed the matter. "The first hand report indicates that the girl was raped and killed. Police is trying to arrest the criminal," Superintendent of police Golam Rasul said at the meeting. He requested the district civil surgeon to see that none could divert the issue to save the culprit. Eti Moni, a class ten student of Jaldhaka Girls High School, was killed after rape at her LSD Para home in Jaldhaka town on September 30 evening when other members of the family had gone out. The next day, the victim's father filed a case with Jaldhaka Police Station accusing Mahmudar Rahman, 25, of Dundibari village, for the rape and murder. The victim's post mortem was done the same day.