Police press charges against 13 people including Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar in the cases filed over rape of a schoolgirl and torture of her mother.
In follow-up of the agitation over rape of a girl in Bogra, a group of left-leaning organisations allege that such incidents are rising in Bangladesh due to a prevailing culture of impunity.
Amid a firestorm of public outrage over the abduction and rape of a Bogra student and the subsequent torture to keep her quiet, Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar, the main accused, and his two cohorts were placed on a three-day remand yesterday.
Police press charges against 13 people including Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar in the cases filed over rape of a schoolgirl and torture of her mother.
In follow-up of the agitation over rape of a girl in Bogra, a group of left-leaning organisations allege that such incidents are rising in Bangladesh due to a prevailing culture of impunity.
Amid a firestorm of public outrage over the abduction and rape of a Bogra student and the subsequent torture to keep her quiet, Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar, the main accused, and his two cohorts were placed on a three-day remand yesterday.
