A teenage girl, daughter of a July uprising martyr, walked a quiet road in Dumki Tuesday evening, honouring her father’s sacrifice. What followed was a nightmare: kidnapped off the street, raped, and left with threats echoing in the dark.
Police have nabbed one suspect, but another remains on the run, as a community mourns a fresh wound atop old scars.
It was dusk on March 18 when the girl, fresh from her father’s graveside, headed to her grandmother’s house. Sakib Munshi and Sifat Munshi, both from Algi village in Pangasiya Union, trailed her from Naldoani. The pair—sons of Mamun and Sohag Munshi—pounced, dragging her to a nearby garden owned by Jalil Munshi. There, they assaulted her, compounding the brutality with a chilling vow: photos of the attack would flood social media if she spoke.
Dumki Police sprang into action. Officer-in-Charge Zakir Hossain confirmed Sakib Munshi’s arrest, with a case now in motion.
“Sifat’s still out there,” he told Jago News. “We’re hunting him down.”
The girl’s family, reeling, recounted her path—gravesite to garden, honour to horror—demanding justice for a daughter of a hero felled in last year’s anti-discrimination fight.