Rape victim dies taking poison
A schoolgirl, who took poison on Monday allegedly after being raped, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, a man was arrested yesterday for allegedly raping a speech-impaired woman in Nilphamari.
Police said the girl, who was a 10th grader of a school in Rajshahi's Charghat upazila, knew Jamiul Islam Joy, aged around 23, a student of Rajshahi College and resident of Baneshwar area in Puthia upazila.
On Sunday, Joy, promising to marry her, took the girl to an isolated place in Baneshwar area and raped her, said Iftekhair Alam, additional superintendent and spokesperson for Rajshahi police.
Joy refused to marry the girl. Failing to convince Joy, the girl took poison on Monday, the police official claimed quoting the victim's family.
She was rushed to the RMCH where she died on Wednesday night, said Iftekhair.
He added that police would take action against Joy if the girl's family filed a case.
In Nilphamari, police yesterday arrested a man on charges of raping a speech-impaired woman in a village of Saidpur upazila.
Accused Sekandar Ali, 45, is a neighbour of the victim.
Police said the woman, aged around 40, was alone at home on February 11. At that time, Sekandar entered the house and forcibly took her to a nearby field and raped her.
After returning home, the victim disclosed the incident to her family.
Her brother filed a rape case against Sekandar yesterday morning. Police later arrested him from his home, said Abul Hasnat, officer-in-charge of Saidpur Police Station.
Our Rajshahi University and Nilphamari correspondents contributed to this report.
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