A story of Ripa Rani Pramanik, Bangladesh
Chandan Sarkar: Ripa Rani Pramanik -17, D/O Sukumar Pramanik- 45, M/O- Sheuli Pramanik-35, Talora, Dhupchachiya, Bogra, Bangladesh a college girl student forcefully kidnapped from Dhupchachiya Upazila while she was going to her college Tolara Government College on 12th November 2016.
The perpetrators Mohammed Shamim -22, S/O – Mohammed Amzad Hossain-40 and with few associates forcefully kidnapped Ripa Rani Pramanik. REO’s Bogra President Bikash Sornokar informed and took the initiatives to did a FIR Dhupchachiya Case number -9/202 dated under the section 7/30 Women and Children Repression Act, 2003.
However, according to the FIR police helped to rescue the victim on 18.12.16 and thereafter the victim was produced before the local Magistrate at Bogra who gave statements under section 22 of Nari-O-Shishu Nirjatan Daman Ain, 2003 and expressed that she had been kidnapped by those perpetrators on 12.11.2016. The HR team also met with local lawyers who appeared before the court and the Judicial Magistrate passed an order for ascertaining the age of the victim and as such the victim has been sent to safe custody in Rajshahi District.
Source: Research and Empowerment Organization, Bangladesh
