Rape, murder top chart of violence against women

Rape and murder again topped the list of violence against women (VAW) and children during the month of July, according to Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) data aggregated from 14 national dailies.

Eighty-three incidents of rape took place in the country out of which 15 were gang rapes and nine people were killed after rape, read the BMP VAW chart.

In June, 95 rape incidents occurred in which five victims were murdered after rape.

Sixty-two women and children were killed, and 41 women were tortured for dowry while 19 of them were murdered in July. Thirty incidents of physical tortures were reported while 26 people were compelled to commit suicide following various tortures.