Domestic help 'raped' by employer
A 13-year-old domestic help, now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital's (DMCH) One Stop Crisis Centre (OCC), filed a case on Saturday accusing her employer of raping her.
The girl, in her first information report, stated that her employer, Imam Hossain Wasim, resident of Block C in the capital's Bashundhara Residential Area, occasionally raped her from the second year of her three-year work period.
Two months ago when the girl informed Imam's wife, Moitree Hossain Mumu, of the abuse, she abetted him and started beating her regularly, she added.
The girl was able to flee from the couple on May 2. A female bus passenger, hearing of her plight, took her to Lalbagh Police Station.
She was then transferred to the custody of Aparajeyo Bangladesh Child Health Line, which admitted her to DMCH on May 3.
Medical tests conducted on May 4 confirmed that the girl had been raped and tortured, said OCC Chief Coordinator Dr Bilkis Begum, adding that marks of injury, both fresh and old, were found on the girl's body.
The case was filed with Bhatara Police Station under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
The case's Investigation Officer Sub-Inspector Syed Al Mamun said police will take the girl to identify the house so that the accused can be arrested.
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