Sohagi Jahan Tonu

Compensation hard to ensure

She was gang raped by railway employees at the railway rest room in Kolkata while travelling in India on February 26, 1998. The incident triggered outrage. Maitree, a network of 42 women's groups and NGOs in Kolkata, moved to Kolkata High Court seeking compensation for the 27-year old Shefali Begum (name changed to protect her identity).
29 April 2016

A long, insulting walk to justice for rape victims in Bangladesh

Her dark-circled, deep-set eyes gave her a hollow look. The eyes were full of fear and mistrust. The girl gave sideways glances as she hesitantly walked into the office of the One-stop-Crisis Centre (OCC) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last month. She looked afraid, and when she noticed a man sitting in the room, she immediately cringed.
28 April 2016

Justice for Tonu: All are hoping against hope

Tonu is dead! That's the only thing investigators can say for sure after more than a month since the body of the 19-year-old was found in Comilla Cantonment area.
27 April 2016

Tonu murder: HC vacation bench sends writ to regular bench

The High Court (HC) asks to place a writ seeking judicial inquiry into the murder of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, before a regular bench.
25 April 2016

Tonu murder: 4 more interrogated

A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) interrogates four people over the killing of college girl Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
20 April 2016

Tonu killing: HC bench drops plea for judicial enquiry

For the second time in two days, a High Court bench drops a writ petition that sought a judicial enquiry into the murder of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
20 April 2016

Shafik arrested to divert attention: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed the arrest of Shafik Rehman intends to divert the attention from Bangladesh Bank cyber heist and Tonu murder.
20 April 2016

Tonu murder pre-planned: CID

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) claims that the murder of Victoria College girl Sohagi Jahan Tonu was a planned one.
19 April 2016

Tonu's murder should not go unpunished -- Advocate Salma Ali

It has been almost a month now and still we have not seen any significant progress in the investigation into Sohagi Jahan Tonu's killing. In an interview with Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star, BNWLA's (Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association) Executive Director Advocate Salma Ali pinpoints various loopholes in the investigation process. BNWLA is providing legal support to the victim's family.
17 April 2016

Her zeal for arts defined her life

Tonu had an artiste within her, which she was well aware of and so wanted dearly to flourish.
13 April 2016

Missing friend of Tonu's brother returns

Mizanur Rahman, a friend of the younger brother of slain college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, returns home safely 16 days after he went missing from Comilla.
12 April 2016

CID talks to doctors on 1st autopsy

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday recorded statements of the doctors who conducted the autopsies on Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
10 April 2016

Tonu killing: Students threaten hartal Apr 25

Students have threatened a half-day countrywide hartal for April 25 if killers of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu are not arrested. Also, they have threatened to pull down the government if it remains indifferent in regard to serving justice for Tonu – the girl who was found dead near Comilla cantonment on March 20.
7 April 2016

Tonu's murderers must not get away

Tonu's body was exhumed for fresh autopsy; it reminds us of the slain journalist couple Sagar-Runi whose bodies were also dug up from their graves to find clues.
5 April 2016

Cops now wait for 2nd autopsy report

The CID officials investigating Tonu murder case now look to the second autopsy report for clues as the first report gave almost none.
5 April 2016

Sangskritik Jote for fair probe into Tonu murder

Sommilito Sangskritik Jote demands a fair investigation into the murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu and punishment of those involved with the killing.
5 April 2016

What awaits Tonu? Questions arise after so many days

The cries for justice all over the country have fallen on deaf ears. Nobody knows who killed Sohagi Jahan Tonu, the second year history student of Comilla Victoria Government College.
5 April 2016

First autopsy found no sign of rape

The first autopsy found no sign of rape on the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu and also failed to ascertain the cause of her death.
4 April 2016

Tonu’s 1st autopsy: No evidence of rape, cause of death found

Forensic Department of Comilla Medical College Hospital did not find any evidence of rape and a specific cause of death in the first autopsy of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
4 April 2016

Tonu murder: Chhatra Union to hold rally Apr 10

Bangladesh Chhatra Union will hold a rally on Dhaka University campus on April 10 demanding immediate arrest of the killers of Sohagi Jahan Tonu who was found murdered inside Comilla cantonment on March 20.
4 April 2016