Newly wed woman falls prey to rapist in Bogra
A newly married woman has fallen victim to rape at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital as she went there for an x-ray test following a court order to assess her age.
An employee of the Radiology department took the woman to the x-ray room, beat and injured her and then raped her, alleged the woman of Matihash village of Dupchachia upazila at a press conference at Bogra Press Club yesterday.
Her husband Golap Hossain said no sooner had he married the woman on March 20, her father filed a case against him, saying that his daughter is immature.
The couple had to go to the court and then to the hospital, as the court asked for an x-ray of his wife to assess her age.
However, as she went to the hospital at around 1:30pm on August 27 along with her nephew, the hospital employee beat and raped her.
A case was filed with Sadar Police Station in this regard.
An official of the hospital administration told The Daily Star that the complaint came to them verbally. So, they could not take any steps to investigate the issue.
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