She said: “Now the case has remained stalled over matching of DNA samples of sperm which was found on the cloth of my daughter. Once, police told us that they will examine sperm of suspects, but now they are preferring to keep mum.”
An official who preferred to be unnamed told the Dhaka Tribune that they were investigating the case. He, however, said they would not say anything over progress of the case for the sake of investigation.
Anwara Begum said: “Officials of the Criminal Investigation Department earlier told us that investigation of the case get will get a boost after Eid. Thirteen days of Eid have passed, but we are not getting any information over the case from them. The CID is the last hope for us, if the department does not work for the investigation of the case, where will we go?
“I have lost my daughter, we will be happy, if we get justice.”
This correspondent could not make contact with investigation officer of the case Gazi Md Ibrahim despite several attempts.
Earlier, Anwara Begum in a rally alleged that attempts had been made to kill her husband Yaar Ali.
She then alleged that Tonu’s family members had been barred from talking to the media.
She also termed Tonu’s post-mortem report as wrong. She demanded punishment of doctor who performed autopsy of Tonu.
She said: “Four months have passed since Tonu had been killed, but the criminals had not been identified yet.”
On the night of March 20, Tonu’s body was recovered from a bush near her house inside Comilla cantonment.
Father of Tonu filed a case with Kotwali Model police station on the same day.
Autopsy was performed on her body twice – the second time after exhumation – and the first report, released on April 4, drew widespread criticism as it concluded that no sign of murder or rape was found.
The second report was released on June 12 and it also sparked controversy.
The second autopsy found evidence of sexual intercourse in Tonu’s corpse. It also found sperm of three persons on Tonu's cloth.
On May 10, parents of the victim named Army Sargent Jahid, his wife and soldier Jahid for killing their daughter. They also alleged that law enforcers were trying to save the killers.
