Arrest of Adivasi girl's killers sought
An organisation of Adivasi women yesterday demanded arrest of and punishment to the culprits who gang-raped and killed a 14-year-old indigenous girl in Rangamati recently.
Bangladesh Adivasi Nari Network made the demand at a human chain near the capital's Bangladesh National Museum.
The class VIII student was raped and killed near her Baddulu village in Kawkhali upazila on December 21.
The organisation demanded a fair investigation into the killing and protection for Adivasi women. At the event, people from different organisations expressed solidarity with the demands.
Sohrab Hossain, joint editor of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, said the killing was not an issue of Adivasis or Bangalees; rather it was an insult to humanity.
Adivasi leader Dipayan Khisa said the girl's killing reminded him of the Pakistanis' brutalities on Bangalees during the Liberation War.
Meanwhile, three organisations staged a protest rally in front of Chittagong Press Club yesterday, demanding arrest of and exemplary punishment to the killers.
They alleged that the criminals were threatening the victim's family. Hill Women's Federation, Pahari Chhatra Parishad and Gonotantrik Chhatra Parishad arranged the rally.
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