Miscellaneous
16-yr-old school girl gang-raped
In yet another incident of violence against women, a 16-year-old schoolgirl was gang-raped at Topgachhi-7 in Jhapa recently.Ekantipur Report
Ten young men had taken the victim under control when she was returning home from a film hall at Kerkha Bazaar after an evening show.
The incident came to light only after 11 days owing to the death threat the perpetrators issued to the victim and her family, police said.
Police Inspector Santulal Jayaswal, who has been investigating the case, said the gang had assaulted the victim in a bathroom of the local Sahid Dharmabhakta Higher Secondary School, where she goes to. The girl told her relatives that she had kept the matter to herself fearing reprisals from the rapists.
"We took her to a shaman first as she started crying in her sleep. We took her to hospital for he could not treat her," said a relative. Police knew about the crime only after the victim returned home following medical care.
The victim lodged a complaint with the police post in Kerkha against 10 perpetrators. "We have arrested three suspects," said Jayaswal. As stated by the detainees, police are looking for the others.