Mentally ill girl 'killed after gang rape'

An 11-year-old mentally challenged girl was killed in Chandipur of Rajshahi city yesterday, two days after she had gone missing from the area.

She was gang-raped before her murder, according to a forensic expert of Rajshahi Medical College where her autopsy was performed.

The body of Anny Khatun, daughter of late Ratan Ali of the area, was found on an abandoned land surrounded by high boundary walls. There was a black stain around her neck, said Amanullah, officer-in-charge of Rajpara Police Station.

Enamul Haque, lecturer of forensic medicine department at the RMC, said her autopsy found evidence of rape by multiple people.

Her body bore scratch marks. There were also injury marks on her head, chest and abdomen. She was strangled, he said.

Anny's uncle Swapan said the victim, who was also a speech impaired girl, had gone missing on Tuesday evening. Locals informed the family about the recovery of the body around 2:00pm yesterday.

He said some local drug addicts and touts might be involved in the incident.