Punishment to rapist demanded

Several hundred children form a human chain, arranged by Aparajeyo Bangladesh, at Jatiya Press Club yesterday demanding punishment to the rapist of a seven-year-old girl at Charakghata in the city's Hazaribagh.Photo: STAR
Several hundred children at a human chain yesterday demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the culprit who allegedly violated a seven-year-old girl at Charakghata in the city's Hazaribagh. Aparajeyo Bangladesh organised the event before Jatiya Press Club. The organisers alleged that one Abhi, 19, son of Bachchu Mia of Sultanganj of Hazaribagh has violated the girl on November 6. Now the victim is undergoing treatment at One Stop Crisis Centre of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. A rape case was filed against Abhi on Nov 13 but police are yet to arrest him.
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