Third grader hospitalised with pregnancy
A schoolgirl’s mother filed a rape case on Sunday after finding out that her daughter was 25 weeks pregnant.
The case was filed against unknown individuals with Hajirhat Police Station in Rangpur Sadar upazila after the third-grade student’s pregnancy was confirmed at a hospital where she was admitted with illness recently.
She is still undergoing treatment at the hospital, said a nurse there.
According to the case statement and locals, the girl’s mother used to bring along her child to her workplace at a local agricultural farm where she had been working as a maid for the past three years.
After the news of the girl’s pregnancy broke out, Tofazzal Hossain, 55, a staff member of the farm, who was being viewed by locals as a suspect of the crime, died by suicide on August 16.
His family members refused to make any comment over the reason for his death or speculations about his role in the girl becoming pregnant.
Mostafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station, said the case was a complicated one and they were carrying out its investigation with due diligence.
They could not make any comment on the case as the investigation was ongoing and they would disclose their findings to the public after the investigation was complete, the OC also said.
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