Dr. Shahnaz Huda speaks to DOT :
A 35-year-old wom-an was gang-raped in Subarnachar area on December 31 allegedly by 10 to 12 Awami League activists. The victim claimed that she was raped for voting for “sheaf of paddy”, the electoral symbol of the BNP, during Sunday’s national polls. The woman alleged the rapists were accomplices of Ruhul Amin, a former member of Char Jubilee Union Parishad. “They had repeatedly insisted that I should vote for boat [the AL’s symbol] but I cast my ballot for ‘sheaf of paddy’,” she said.
Following the incident Awami League leader Ruhul Amin was arrested and expelled from the party for his alleged involvement in the gang-rape of that woman.
In this regard, Dr. Shahnaz Huda said that we demand from the new government punishment of the perpetrators. The criminals of this incident should be punished with exemplary punishment. If these incidents are not dealt now strictly then the law and order situation of the country will be the worst in near future. These perpetrators should be brought before law regardless of their political affiliation or engagements.
Shahnaz Huda is a professor, Departmet of Law, University of Dhaka
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