Demand for trial of 4 Rajshahi murders after rape
Joint demonstrations by nine bodies
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
The Committee to Resist Torture on Women and Children, a newly formed body comprising nine professionals' organisations and NGOs, yesterday put up demonstrations in the city demanding trial of rape and murder of four girls in the district in last one month.The nine oraganisations are Rajshahi Mohila Parishad, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association, Barind Development Forum, Prochesta, Trinamul, Swa Unnayan, Niskriti, Partner and DARK. They formed a human chain at Shaheb Bazar Zero, followed by a procession and a rally. The processionists carrying banners paraded different city streets chanting various slogans. The four victims are schoolgirls Joly of Durgapur and Hasina of Bagha, teenager Rulifa of Charghat and Noor Banu, a domestic help at the house of a Rajshahi City Corporation engineer. Addressing the rally, the committee's convenor Kalpona Roy said none of the culprits who violated and murdered the four girls have been arrested because they have links with men in the administration and in the ruling party.
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