Hill Voice, 17 July 2025, Khagrachari: On Friday, 27 June 2025, a Tripura (14) indigenous girl went to her cousin’s house to spend the night after observing the Rath Yatra Puja in Bhaibonchara area of Khagrachari Sadar. As it was late at night, 6 Bengali settler youths followed the victim and forcibly entered the house at around 9.30 pm and raped her in turn.
The alleged rapists were identified as: 1) Md. Monir Islam (35), s/o Lal Mia, 2) Md. Arman Islam (32), s/o late Md. Abdul, 3) Md. Saddam Hossain (29), s/o late Mokhlesur Rahman, 4) Md. Sohel Islam (23), s/o Nabin Mistry, 5) Md. Imam Islam (25), s/o Md. Alam Islam 6) Enayed Hossain (25), s/o Ruhul Amin, address- Bhaibonchara Bazar area, Khagrachari Sadar, Khagrachari hill district.
In the said incident, the victim’s father filed a complaint with Khagrachari Sadar Model Police Station under Section 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, Case No.: 4, 9(3) Women and Children’s Repression Prevention Act, 2000; including 342 / 323 / 506 The Penal Code, 1860; Title of the crime: A case was filed regarding gang rape.
In the case, the victim’s father mentioned that on 27/06/2025 at approximately 02.00 pm, my daughter (14) went to the Jagannath temple adjacent to Bhaibonchara Bazar under Khagrachari Sadar Police Station to celebrate the Rath Yatra Puja festival. After the puja ceremony, my daughter came out of the Jagannath temple and went to a rented house next to the Bhaibonchara Development Board residence under Khagrachari Sadar Police Station along with her uncle, that is, my younger cousin.
The accused followed my daughter. Later, on 27/06/2015 at approximately 09.30 pm, the rapists forcibly entered my cousin’s rented house and threatened to kill my daughter and cousin. Then they took my cousin to one room and detained him and took my daughter to another room. The rapists locked the door of the neighboring room’s tenants from the outside so that no one could get out of the room. At one point, the rapists forcibly raped my daughter in turn, threatening to kill her, and then fled in a seriously injured state. My daughter fell unconscious.
Later, the next day, on 28/06/2025, at approximately 07.30 in the morning, the victim regained consciousness and went to his home. At one stage, he suffered a mental breakdown due to the incident and, being frightened, tried to commit suicide on the evening of 12/07/2025. Her family members took him to Khagarachari Modern District Sadar Hospital for treatment. Currently, the victim is still in critical condition. Later, the victim told the truth about this incident to her family.
The family said that their daughter could not tell anyone about the incident due to shame and fear of threats from the rapists. Later, she became mentally terrified and chose to commit suicide.
It is known that the police have arrested four rapists in this incident. The arrested were: 1) Md. Arman Islam (32), 2) Emon Hossain (25), 3) Enayed Hossain (35) and 4) Md. Saddam Hossain (32). Most of the rapists are involved in Chatra Dal politics.
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