http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/frontpage/23419.htmlA young housewife, who was raped and set on fire by goons in a remote Noakhali village on June 12, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, eight days after fighting a grim battle for life.
The victim, Nurjahan Begum, 22, mother of two children, was admitted to the burn and plastic surgery unit at DMCH in a critical condition on June 15 and died at about 1:20am on Tuesday, the hospital sources said.
Her family said that the alleged rapists Omar and Faruk, and the former's mother Rokeya Begum, went to her house at village Dhakkhin Masumpur on the night of June 12 and set her alight after she had approached a village arbitration with her complaint.
'Omar and his mother surrendered to a Noakhali court on Sunday and the court granted a three-day remand each for them,' the case investigation officer, subinspector Mehdi Hasan, told New Age on Tuesday.
Family members said that Omar and Faruk, neighbours of the victim, had sneaked into her room after she went to toilet early June 11 and raped her in front of her terrified children.
Her husband was away at Chittagong when the incident took place. After the victim went to a village-arbitration with the complaint, Omar, Faruk and Rokeya Begum went to her house at about 8:00pm on June 12, doused her with petrol and set her alight.
Jamshed Hossain, the victim's husband and driver of a CNG-run three-wheeler in Chittagong, said no human rights organisations or legal aid providers had come forward with assistance as yet.
Her family appealed to the government to bring the perpetrators of the crime to book.
Rights watchdog Odhikar reported 1,242 cases of rape in January 2009-May 2011.
Source : New Age
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