A case has been filed against ward-5 councilor of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) for violating an 18-year-old with the promise of marriage.
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Yarab Hossain took the case into cognizance on Monday and directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit an investigation report in this regard within June 16, said Humayun Ahmed, bench assistant of the court.
The girl who passed Higher School Certificate (HSC) examinations this year lodged a complaint against Councilor Kefayet Hossain Rony, said Azad Rahman, the plaintiff’s lawyer.
According to the complaint, around five months ago the girl got acquainted with Rony over a phone call.
The relationship between them became a love affair, when Rony proposed to her.
On May 7, Rony called the plaintiff to his house saying he has something urgent to discuss and raped her promising that they will get married soon.
He again raped her on May 8 in his house.
On May 12, as the girl pressurized Rony about marriage he beat her up and deleted all the evidence of their relationship from her phone.
When Rony started threatening about killing her, she lodged a complaint against him, said her lawyer.
