A physically challenged indigenous woman was murdered after she was allegedly raped in Bandarban on Sunday.

The victim, Lakaching Tanchangya, of Jolontomoni Tanchangya para of Alikadom upazila, was found hanging from a tree in Ashoti Tripura para in the evening.

Officer-in-Charge of Alikadom Police Station, Rafiqullah, said they recovered the body later.

Meanwhile a minor was allegedly raped in Chattogram on Sunday.

Following the murder of Lakaching, 26, the entire community went into a state of panic, said Jolontomoni Tanchangya, village chief of Jolontomoni Tanchangya para.

Her body bore several injury marks and it seemed she had been raped before being murdered, the OC said.

A three-member medical board of Bandarban Sadar Hospital conducted an autopsy yesterday morning. One of the members, preferring anonymity, said the victim was strangled to death following rape.

A case was filed by the victim's sister, police said, adding that an investigation into the incident was underway.

CHATTOGRAM MINOR 'RAPED'

In Boalkhali of Chattogram, an 11-year-old was allegedly raped by her tutor.

The girl's family said she went to the house of Aktarul Alam, alias Munshi Miah, 68, in Syadnagar village in the upazila on Sunday morning for Arabic lessons.

While Aktarul allowed all other students to leave after the session, he, however, did not let the girl leave, Sairul Islam, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station, said.

In the absence of his family members in his house, Aktarul raped the girl and also “took pictures and recorded video clips” of the incident, the OC said, referring to the case statement.

When the girl reached home in tears, her mother asked her what happened and learned that she was “raped” by the tutor.

After a case was filed yesterday, police arrested Aktarul and the girl was sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital for medical examination, Sairul said.