Prothom Alo, 21 January 2003

Girl is raped and killed in Khagrachari

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Last Sunday night, miscreant/s raped and killed Padma Devi Tripura, a seven years old girl
of Mr. Monpula Tripura of Panchari Upazila. On the day of incident, Padma Devi went out of
her house at noon and failed to come back in the afternoon. The anxious parents began to
search for her with the help of relatives and neighbors as they did not find her in all possible
locations. At last the dismembered body was discovered at 10 p.m. near
the road side of the Lopanng Union Parishad office, not far from the victim's house..

After being reported the local police took away the body for post mortem
and sent it to district hospital at Khagarachari. The victim's uncle Sonaram Tripura registered
a police case on the basis of the Law for the Prevention of Oppression of Women and Children.
It was revealed by police that it was an act of a group and not a single person. However, the police
have not arrested anybody with regard to this incident yet.

(Translated by JCC)