Two small girls from Alokbali village in Narsingdi sadar upazila have been fighting for their lives in a hospital after they were raped by a teacher and a security guard within a week.
The incidents have incited panic in the area as police are yet to arrest any of the rapists stating that they went into hiding.
In the first incident that took place on Thursday, August 22, police lodged a case against Sadirul Haque, alias Mangal Master, a retired teacher of Alokbali Primary School. The case was filed under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act with the Sadar police station.
The victim’s family alleges that they were under pressure from influential individuals to not sue the teacher. Police also refused to file a case following the incident. Later, police conducted an investigation and found proof of rape.
The 12-year-old girl, a class V student of the same school, was raped on August 22. According to her relatives, the girl was playing on the premises of the teacher’s house, adjacent to hers, in the afternoon. The rapist then lured her into his house and raped her.
The victim later went to her grandmother’s house and told her about the incident. She was admitted to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital. Doctors said her condition was very critical.
Meanwhile, a nine-year-old girl of the same village is undergoing treatment at the same hospital after she had been raped by a night guard on August 29. The victim is a class III student of Alokbali Primary School with the rapist being the school’s security guard.
Police, witnesses and hospital sources said the girl was playing near the school compound in the afternoon, during which, night guard Rahamat Ali lured the girl to help him in the kitchen and raped her. Later the locals rescued her and sent her to the hospital.
A case was filed with Narsingdi sadar police station.
