Raped girl 'commits suicide'
The schoolgirl, raped by her school staffer six weeks ago, has “committed suicide” at her maternal uncle's house at Bali village in Godagari upazila following “hate from the family and villagers over a false propaganda against her”.
Khaleda Khatun, a class VII student of Digram High School, took pesticide on December 9 and died on Friday evening at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, said Sub-inspector Abdul Latif of Godagari Police Station.
“The girl could not return to her family since she was raped as her father did not accept her,” he said.
She was staying at her maternal uncle's house, some 9km away from her home, said the SI.
Khaleda's uncle Khairul Islam said some people supporting the rapist recently asked him to negotiate with them that the girl had sex with the culprit willingly.
Khaleda told Khairul several times that what she would do. “I couldn't understand that she was planning to commit suicide,” said Khairul.
Khaleda's elder sister Farhana Khatun said, “He (rapist) destroyed my sister's life. What else she could do.”
She said her father would take her home when the situation becomes normal as the villagers were spreading propaganda against the girl. Her father Alam Ali declined to talk to this correspondent.
Shahidul Islam, 38, an assistant librarian of the school, raped her by entering into her house after scaling the boundary wall of her house while her parents were away at Joitabottola village on the night of November 2, the girl alleged in a case. Hearing her screams, locals rescued her and kept Shahidul tied to a tree. Police later arrested him.
Shahidul Islam, a father-of-three of Sultanganj Jahanabad village, was suspended from the school.
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