I don't want repeat of such incident
The 21st death anniversary of Yasmin Akhter, who was raped and murdered by three policemen, was observed in Dinajpur yesterday.
The day is also observed as Women Torture Prevention Day across the country.
On the occasion, Sharifa Begum, mother of Yasmin, said, “I wish not to see any repeat of such brutal incident in future.”
Kaniz Rahman, president of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad's Dinajpur unit, said this kind of incident would not happen anymore if the accused are punished.
People from all walks of life placed wreaths at the memorial of Yasmin, which was built at Dashmile Intersection on Dhaka-Dinajpur highway in July, 2012.
Marking the day, different non-governmental organisations formed human chains and arranged discussion meetings in the district town.
Fourteen-year-old Yasmin, who had been working as a domestic help in the capital, on her way back home got down at Dashmile Intersection from a Panchagarh-bound bus in the early hours of August 24, 1995.
As she was waiting for a Dinajpur-bound bus, a patrol team of police picked her up in their van on false assurance of giving her a lift to her mother's house. They later raped and killed her and dumped the body by the roadside.
The incident sparked widespread protest. The townspeople staged demonstration demanding arrest and exemplary punishment of the culprits.
In the face of agitation, the district administration imposed a curfew in the town on August 27, 1995. As thousands of people came to the streets violating the curfew, police opened fire on the protesters. Seven people were killed in police firing.
The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Rangpur awarded death penalty to three policemen who were executed in 2004.
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