CPB demands arrest of perpetrators

The Women Cell of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), at a human chain before the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday, demanded immediate arrest of the culprits who raped and forcefully converted a 13-year-old girl to Islam.
Incidents of repression on women, especially those belonging to minority communities, are rising as the perpetrators are going unpunished in most cases, said CPB Central Committee Member Advocate Maksuda Akhter.
With the parliamentary election nearing, leading political parties are capitalising on religious sentiments, another reason behind the rise, she added.
The Hindu girl was abducted on her way home from school in Tongi on April 6 and, while being detained in Konabari of Cox's Bazar's Chakaria upazila for 55 days, was raped and converted to Islam.
Law enforcers rescued the girl on May 30 but could not arrest anybody so far in this connection.