Police have detained 26 people in Bogra's Dupchachia Upazila after a schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide over harassment.
Published : 09 Oct 2017, 02:29 PM
The victim, 14-year-old Rafiza Akhtar Shathi, hailed from the Upazila’s Zianagar village and was a ninth grade student at the local high school.
Police recovered the body around 7:30pm on Sunday, said Dupchachia Police Station OC Abdur Razzak.
“We heard allegations that one 19-year-old Yamin, from the neighbouring Heruganj village, had been harassing her. When a police team went to make an arrest the locals attacked them.”
Sub inspectors, Nasiruzzaman, Rahim Uddin and Zakir Hossain, were injured in the attack, said the police officer.
A few hours later, a larger police team went to the village and arrested 26, he said.
Two cases have been filed over the incident -- one by Shathi’s father accusing Yamin of provoking suicide and the other by police over obstruction of duty and the attack.
Police are still looking for Yamin, OC Razzak said.