WUNRN
BANGLADESH - GANG RAPE & MURDER
OF BARNALI GHOSH
2010 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY - BANGLADESH
SOCIETY FOR ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (BSEHR) GAVE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
AWARD TO
COURAGEOUS & INJURED DEFENDER
WHO AIDED IN PROSECUTION IN CASE OF GANG RAPE & MURDER OF BARNALI GHOSH
"BSEHR
Bangladesh awarded one Human Rights Defender who was badly
attacked by the accused relatives and lawyers for assisting actively
the prosecution in a sensational case of one Barnali Ghosh- a nineteen year old
from Bagerghat (a sea side district in the South) who was abducted, gang raped
and then killed and burnt. Only her skull and one bone was found at
the place she was buried. We at BSEHR carried out a DNA test and found her to
be Barnali Ghosh and then went ahead with the case. Two accused were
awarded the death sentence; two were granted life imprisonent and three were
acquitted. Our defender was hospitalised for quite a few days as the injuries
inflicted were of serious nature."
Submitted
12/12/10 by Sigma Huda, BSEHR, Attorney at Law, Former UN Special Rapporteur on
Trafficking in Persons
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2008-03-03
Staff
Correspondent, Khulna
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The
Khulna chapter of Bangladesh Society for Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR)
has demanded transfer of the sensational Barnali Ghosh gang rape and murder
case to Speedy Trial Tribunal.
Barnali Ghosh, a student Khulna Government Azam Khan Commerce College, was
gang-raped and killed on the night of June 20 last year at her Chitra village
in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat district.
Police recovered her skeleton on July 11 last year from a ditch behind the
house of Jalil Munshi of the same village.
Her father Bipul Ghose filed a case on the same naming Manoj Biswas and Sujit
Halder alias Raju and some unidentified others as accused for killing his
daughter after gangrape.
Police during investigation arrested five persons including Rampal Sadar
Upazila Parishad chairman Jamil Hasan Jamu. Two out of five arrestees--Muktar
Hossain and Wazed Sheikh--made statements to court under Section 164 of CrPC
confessing to their involvement in the gangrape and murder.
They confessed Barnali Ghose was killed by pouring acid on her body afrter gang
rape.
OC of detective branch of Bagerhat district police submitted charge sheet to
court on February 18 accusing 13 people. Seven out of 13 charge-sheeted accused
are still absconding while six others are in Bagerhat jail.
BSEHR president advocate Abdul Majid in his press statement on Saturday said
the absconding accused are threatening the complainant with death for
withdrawal of the case.
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August 11, 2007
Bangladesh
- Gang Rape and Murder of Minority Hindu Girl
HRCBM
Investigative Report
HRCBM
- Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities
Investigator: Advocate Rabindra Ghosh, HRCBM-Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Ms.Barnali Ghosh (19) was a regular college student studying
Accounting department of Khulna Government Azam Khan Commerce College. She was
reported to be a brilliant student stays at College Hostel. Her father – Bipul
Chandra Ghosh (50) and mother- Ms.Susuma Rani Ghosh ( 35) permanently residing
at interior part of a village – Chitra within Rampal Police station of Bagerhat
district of Bangladesh. They have got other three younger daughters passing
their lives with scanty income. Barnali came to her native home on 28th June,
07 from College hostel 2 days before missing from her home at night on 30th
June, 2007.
Father of the victim Bipul Chandra became unsuccessful getting trace and
informed the police about his daughter's missing on 3.07.2007 and made a
general diary number 96 at Rampal police station stating the circumstances how
she was missing at night on July, 1
Police did nothing to investigate the matter and kept abduction concealed.
After 11 days of her abduction the mutilated dead body the victim girl traced
in nearby garden belonging to Jalil Munshi. The local people informed the
police and recovered the mutilated/defaced dead body from nearby garden.
Perpetrators/ abettors of crime thrown acid on the dead body with a view to
conceal/deface and also to divert the attention of peace loving people of the area
and the media of such nefarious incident of gang-rape with murder.
Father Bipul Chandra Ghosh lodged F.I.R. (First information Report) at Rampal
police station on 11.07.2007 after identifying the dead and her wearing
costumes. Bipul primarily noted two suspects in the FIR and police took case
under section 364/302/201/34 of Penal code being Rampal P.S. case no. 11 dated
11.07.2007.
Police arrested two suspects till writing of this report.But it is reported
from reliable sources that they are trying to divert the attention in a wrong
direction.
News
Report: The Daily Amar Desh
Publication
date: 13th July 07.
RAMPAL
(BAGERHAT), July 13: Melted dead body of a missing school going girl of Rampal
upazila was recovered. It was learnt according to the police and the family of
the missing girl that Barnali Ghosh, daughter of Bipul Chandra Ghosh of village
Chitra under Rampal upazila and also a 1st year student of Accounting
department of Khulna Government Azam Khan Commerce College went missing from
her home at night on June 30 last. On the day of occurrence, when Barnali came
outside of her home to attend the call of nature at about 12 midnight then some
perpetrators caught hold of her and then took her to a garden 60-70 yards away
from her house and there the perpetrators repressed her brutally and then
killed her by suffocation and left her dead body there. After 11 days of the
incident, a woman named Soma during cutting grass saw the melted dead body of
Barnali and then Soma informed Barnali's father and then Barnali's father
traced the dead body of Barnali.
On information, police reached the spot, investigated the incident and taking
preparation to send the dead body for post mortem. Dead Barnali Ghosh stayed at
Jahan Ali Hostel. She came to the house on June 28, two days before she went
missing. A case was lodged in this connection with the local police station on
July
1.
It is apprehended that more perpetrators gang-raped the college student and
killed her brutally