Monday, December 23, 2024

Police, post-mortem miss injury marks

Raped Girl Whipped to Death Police, post-mortem miss injury marks Neither the police inquest nor the post-mortem found any injury marks on Hena’s body though the entire national media quoting numerous witnesses reported she had been whipped to death following a fatwa at Chamta village of the district. The Daily Star studied both the reports ... Read more

Raped girl whipped to death

Fatwa enforcers find victim guilty Four arrestees were taken on remand yesterday for links with a fatwa (religious edict) that led to whipping of a rape victim and her death in consequence in Shariatpur. Fourteen-year-old Hena, daughter of farmer Darbesh Kha of Chamta village in Naria upazila, was raped by her cousin Mahbub, 40, Sunday ... Read more