Anti-Discrimination Student Coordinator Sued for Raping Young Woman Under Pretext of Outing

❐ Staff Correspondent

A case has been filed against Titas Upazila Coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement Nur Mohammad for allegedly raping a young woman in Titas, Comilla.

The victim filed the case at the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Comilla on Thursday. The court accepted the case and ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the matter.

Accused Noor Mohammad is the son of Abdul Awal of Kalachan Kandi area of ​​Titas Upazila.

The complaint states that Nur Mohammad and the young woman met as they were residents of the same upazila. Since then, he tried to get close to her in various ways. He also harassed the young woman by offering her physical relations on several occasions, tempting her with marriage.

On the afternoon of July 16, Baisah coordinator Nur Mohammad took the young woman to a microbus on the pretext of inviting her to a relative’s house. On the way, he gave her a soft drink laced with an anesthetic, which made her unconscious after a while. Later, he took her to an unknown hotel and raped her.

The complaint further states that after the incident, Nur Mohammad left the victim in front of her house in a microbus. Later, when her physical condition deteriorated, the young woman told her family about the matter. When she went to the police station to file a case, the police advised her to file a case in court.

The victim, a young woman, complained, “Noor Mohammad has ruined my life. Now he is spreading false propaganda against me. I want justice.”

Despite attempts to contact Nur Mohammad to inquire about this matter, he did not respond.

Mohammad Shakib Hossain, Comilla district coordinator of Baishar and current joint coordinator of the National Citizens Party (NCP) district committee, said, “All Baishar committees except the central committee have been dissolved. If the organization was still active, organizational measures could have been taken. Now that the organization is not active, I cannot comment on this.”

The plaintiff’s lawyer said, “The court has accepted the case and ordered the PBI to investigate. We hope that the victim will get justice after a fair investigation.”