Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Shafiqur Rahman has said that he will remain by the side of the family of the girl who was raped in Barguna until her younger brother comes of age. He said this after visiting the girl's house in Barguna at 11 am today, Monday. He assured the victim's family of all possible assistance to get justice.
Earlier, Shafiqur Rahman arrived at the Barguna Circuit House premises by helicopter at around 10:15 am. From there, he went to the victim's house in the municipal town.
The family in Barguna Municipality says that on the afternoon of March 4, a seventh-grade girl (14) was abducted by a group of men led by a scoundrel on her way home from private school. She was then raped. The next morning, the miscreants left the girl in a local park. In this incident, the girl's father (37) filed a rape case against two people, including Sijit Roy, at Barguna Sadar Police Station that night. Then, on March 11, the girl's father went missing after going to work. Her body was found in a bush near the house at around 12:15 am that day. In this incident, the girl's mother filed a murder case with Barguna Sadar Police Station, accusing five to six unknown people. The family claims that the plaintiff was killed in a planned manner.
After meeting the girl's family members at her house, Shafiqur Rahman spoke to reporters. At that time, the Jamaat Ameer said, "The child has been treated like an animal, which is a matter of great shame." His father filed a case seeking redress for this incident. But to avenge this, his father was murdered. We strongly condemn this incident. We express our deepest condolences to the family members.
Shafiqur Rahman said, "If we all come forward to support the oppressed like this, then hopefully the oppressed will become strong. And the oppressors will be afraid. They need to be scared, their punishment needs to be ensured. We have assured them that we will be with them every month. We hope that the children of this family will be a little better than they were when their father was still alive, God willing. We have also said that they have a newborn child, we will stay with this family until he turns 18. Mr. Tarique Rahman has taken responsibility for the case. And we will run their education, their livelihood - the way it is done in a normal family."
Then Shafiqur Rahman spoke at a party road meeting at Barguna Town Hall ground. Jamaat's Central Assistant Secretary General Moazzem Hossain, Central Working Committee member and Dhaka Metropolitan South Secretary Shafiqul Islam (Masud), Central Working Committee member Zahir Uddin Mohammad, Barguna District Amir Mohibullah Harun and others were present at the time.