Police yesterday arrested another accused in the case for murder of teenage rape victim Hena Akhter who was whipped following a fatwa at Noria upazila in Shariatpur. Latif Mirmalot, one of the local arbiters on January 24 that ordered Hena to be whipped 101 times, was arrested at his relative’s house in Siddheswari in the ... Read more
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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