2 accused surrender, sent to jail

A Panchagarh court yesterday sent to jail two accused in the case for raping and instigating a girl to commit suicide after they surrendered before the court and sought bail.

The accused are Monsur Ali Rajon, 32, son of late Soleman Ali of Mominpara village, and a ward boy of Tentulia Upazila Health Complex, and Atikuzzaman Atik, 33, son of Basir Uddin of Khuniavita village under the same upazila, and a local agent of bKash.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Zahangir Alam delivered the order.

Rahima Akhter Sonia, 14, a Class VIII student of Kazi Shahabuddin School and College in Tentulia, committed suicide on October 10 at Kalaramjodh village under the same upazila, as the two accused, after raping the girl, threatened to release the video clips of the incident on the Internet.     

The victim's mother Selina Begum filed the case with the local police station on Saturday accusing Rajon and Atik.    

Earlier OC Saresh Chandra delayed filing of the case, saying that as an unnatural death case was filed with the police station in connection with the incident, there was no scope to file another case for the same.

On Sunday, hundreds of people formed a human chain at Tentulia Bazar that followed a discussion where socio-cultural and political leaders demanded removal of the OC for the sake of proper investigation of the case.