Body exhumed for fresh autopsy
Following a court order, the body of Rahima Akhter Sonia, 14, was exhumed in presence of Executive Magistrate Sohrab Hossain in Panchagarh yesterday, six days after the rape victim's death.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Zahangir Alam on Monday ordered exhumation of the body for fresh autopsy.
On October 10, Sonia, a Class VIII student of Kazi Shahabuddin School and College in Tentulia upazila, committed suicide as two men, after raping the girl, threatened to release the video clips of the incident on the Internet. The following day, she was buried after autopsy.
The victim's mother Selina Begum filed a case with the local police station on Saturday, accusing Monsur Ali Rajon, 32, son of late Solaiman Ali of Mominpara village, and a ward boy of Tentulia Upazila Health Complex, and Atikuzzaman Atik, 33, son of Basir Uddin of Khuniavita village, and a local agent of bKash.
On Monday, police sought to conduct autopsy again and also appealed for 10-day remand for the two accused when they surrendered before the court.
The same court placed Rajon and Atik on five-day remand yesterday after hearing the case, Court Inspector Rezaul Karim said.
Meanwhile, district unit of Prothom Alo Bandhusava formed a human chain in front of Panchagarh Government Girls' High School demanding exemplary punishment of the rapists.
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