News No. 63/2015: Wednesday, May 06, 2015
A 16-year-old Jumma
girl was subjectd to an attempted rape by an army officer in Guimara.
The incident took
place on 3 May. The victim and her family had kept the matter to themselves due
to fear of the army, sources said
According to a belated
news, on the day of incident a group of army personnel led by a Captain from
Nakyapara army camp went on a patrol to Holapara village.
On their way back the
soldiers took rest at the courtyard of a Chakma man in Nakyapara vilage.
But the householder
and her wife were away, working in a nearby field, leaving their teenage girl
alone in the house.
Taking this advantage,
Habilder Md. Sujon entered the house and wanted to take a picture of her on
camera.
But when she refused,
Sujon grabbed her and then tried to rape her.
As the girl screamed
for help her mother rushed and rescued her, and the soldiers immediately took
to their heels.
According to
eyewitnesses' accounts, the captain who led the patrol had Sujon and other
soldiers stripped of their uniforms as a way of punishment.
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