Marma sisters are raped and sexually assaulted in Rangamati
Two teenage sisters of a Marma family have been raped and sexually assaulted by members of security forces at Orachhari village under Farua Union in Rangamati’s Belaichari Upazila on 22nd January. The security force has allegedly denied the issue.
The local source has claimed that the Ansar and the army have conducted a raid on the Orachhari village around the midnight on January 22. During the raid, a Marma girl, 18, is raped and her younger sister, 13, is reportedly sexually assaulted by the members of the security forces.
Even, a man named Rasel Marma, has claimed at a press conference on behalf of the victim’s family that pointed the news the Chakma girls’ being raped as rumor.
When the Rani Yan Yan with the member of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) have went to pay a visit to the victims, they are attacked by the masked people from the security personnel. After the release of the victims from the hospital, they have become traceless.
The news has been severely criticised by different personnel on the social media.
Source: Daily Star and Dhaka Tribune