Teenager at life risk as FP inspector aborts her
A Class IX student is battling for life at Nawabganj upazila health complex in the district following unauthorised operation by a family planning inspector to abort her.
The girl, 15, daughter of a rickshaw-puller, became pregnant as Ruhul Amin, 22, son of Yasin Ali of Daudpur village in Nawabganj upazila, lured her into physical relation, saying that he would marry her, said family members.
But Rurul Amin, also a degree student of Daudpur Degree College in Nawabganj, refused to marry her when he learnt about the pregnancy.
Informed of the matter, Rurul Amin's sister Jui Akter and aunt Shefali Akter, took the girl to the house of Salma Begum, a family panning inspector of Nawabganj Upazila Health Complex, on Thursday.
There Salma made the girl unconscious and aborted her.
Afterwards, the girl fell sick with profuse bleeding.
The same night, she was admitted to Nawabganj Upazila Health Complex in a critical state.
Contacted, Salma Begum said she did the work as Jui and Shefali told her to do it, saying that the girl was married.
"The girl is still at risk as the operation was not done in a proper way and part the embryo has remained inside her womb. We have referred her to Dinajpur Medical College and Hospital," said Dr Sheikh Mohammad Ershad, medical officer of Nawabganj upazila.
If abortion is done by a non-technical person, it poses serious risk for the patient, including difficulties in becoming mother in future, said a doctor of the hospital.
Rurul and his family members left the area.
AKM Abdullah Abu Syed, officer in charge of Nawabganj police station, said the girl's father made a complaint regarding the incident mentioning the names of Jui, Shefali and Salma Begum and primary investigation by the police found the matte true.
Meanwhile, the culprits are threatening the victim's family members through mobile and engaged influential people to negotiate the matter, said the victim's family members.
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