Nusrat loses battle for life

[VikingRaider]

12:00 AM, April 11, 2019 / LAST MODIFIED: 04:50 AM, April 11, 2019
Nusrat loses battle for life
She was set ablaze at a Feni madrasa five days ago

Star Report
Madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi lost her battle for life last night, five days after she was set ablaze at a madrasa in Feni -- an incident that touched off outrage all over the country.

“She died around 9:30pm,” Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery at the DMCH, told The Daily Star.


A group of four unidentified persons poured kerosene on the 18-year-old girl and set her afire on April 6 allegedly for refusing to withdraw a case against the principal of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa over sexual assault on her late last month.

At the news of Nusrat's death last night, her father AKM Musa broke down in tears and kept demanding justice for the murder of his daughter.

Referring to the April 6 incident, Nusrat's uncle Nurul Huda Shamim wondered how the incident took place in broad daylight at the madrasa where security personnel stood guard to provide security for the Alim examinations.



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“Nusrat was an Alim examinee and she was supposed to get security … she was victimised by the principal [Maulana Siraj Ud Doula] of the madrasa.

“The madrasa committee is responsible for failing to ensure her security.”

He demanded that the government investigate the incident and ensure exemplary punishment to all the culprits.

Only a few minutes before the Alim exams on April 6, four unidentified persons allegedly took Nusrat to the rooftop of the three-storey administrative building of the madrasa, saying one of her friends was being assaulted there, Nusrat's brother Mahmudul Hasan Noman had told this newspaper earlier.

Then they doused her with kerosene and set her on fire, he said.

Talking to this correspondent last night, Dr Samanta said, “We tried our best. The prime minister communicated with us round-the-clock. If there were even a little possibility for sending her to Singapore, we would have done that.

“Her body will be kept at the morgue for autopsy,” he added.

Meanwhile, the officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Model Police Station in Feni was withdrawn for his alleged negligence in handling the case over setting the madrasa girl on fire.

In another development, a Feni court placed madrasa principal Siraj, the main suspect in the case, on a seven-day remand.

Two other accused -- Absar Uddin, a lecturer in English at the madrasa, and Ariful Islam, an Alim examinee -- were also remanded for five days each.

Feni Senior Judicial Magistrate Saraf Uddin Ahmed passed the order after police produced the three before him.

The court will hear today a police prayer for placing another accused, Alim student Zubayer Ahmed, on a seven-day remand.

Law enforcers arrested Zubayer and a niece of the madrasa principal on Tuesday night over their alleged links to the incident.

So far police have arrested nine people in the case.



Nusrat's father AKM Musa bursts into tears after hearing the news of his daughter's death at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital last night. Four unidentified persons poured kerosene on the madrasa girl and set her afire in Feni's Sonagazi on April 6. Photo: Star
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Nusrat's father AKM Musa bursts into tears after hearing the news of his daughter's death at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital last night. Four unidentified persons poured kerosene on the madrasa girl and set her afire in Feni's Sonagazi on April 6. Photo: Star
A REPEAT OFFENDER?
Siraj had earlier faced allegations of sexual harassment and had been sued for cheque forgery, vandalism and arson. He was arrested in the cases but got released after securing bail from court.

Locals and a number of staffers and students at the madrasa said no one at the institution dared to say anything against Siraj, an expelled Jamaat-e-Islami leader, who was backed by a section of local influential leaders.

An allegation of certificate forgery was brought against him after he joined the madrasa in 2000. But he managed to overcome it, using his political clout.

In October last year, a female student filed a complaint of sexual harassment against the principal with Additional Deputy Commissioner (revenue) AKM Enamul Karim, also president of the madrasa governing body. The compliant was withdrawn later.

Last year, a case was filed against Siraj over a Tk 1.39 crore-cheque forgery. He landed in jail in the case but got released, securing bail from court.

Earlier, two cases were filed against him on charges of vandalism and arson in Feni during political unrest in 2014. He was arrested and sent to jail. He was later released on bail in both the cases.

Talking to this newspaper, a number of students and staffers at the madrasa said the principal allowed some outsiders to stay in the dormitory, and used them as his henchmen.

They staged demonstration in support of him after his arrest in the sexual harassment case filed by Nusrat's mother on March 27.

OC WITHDRAWN
Moazzem Hossain, OC of Sonagazi Model Police Station, was attached to the Armed Police Battalion (APBN) yesterday, said SM Jahangir Sarker, superintendent of police in Feni.

The withdrawal of the OC came after the victim's family alleged that they were not getting cooperation from him, said an official at the Police Headquarters, seeking anonymity.

Besides, the case filed over setting the girl afire has been transferred to the Police Bureau of Investigation.



Activists and leaders of Samajtantrik Mahila Forum demonstrate in front of the Jatiya Press Club demanding punishment of those who set madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi on fire in Feni's Sonagazi. Photo: Star
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Activists and leaders of Samajtantrik Mahila Forum demonstrate in front of the Jatiya Press Club demanding punishment of those who set madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi on fire in Feni's Sonagazi. Photo: Star
PROTESTS
Samajtantrik Mahila Forum, a left-leaning women's organisation, held a protest rally in the capital yesterday, demanding exemplary punishment to those involved in setting Nusrat on fire.

Leaders and activists of the platform also formed a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon, protesting the incident.

They also voiced grave concern over the reported increase in violence against women across the country, citing the “culture of impunity” as the main reason behind it.

In Feni, different social, human rights and non-governmental organisations formed a human chain at Shaheed Minar Chattar and submitted a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Md Wahiduzzaman, seeking exemplary punishment to the culprits.


Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/nusrat-loses-her-battle-1728262?amp

 

[VikingRaider]

The soul of Nusrat is crying for justice from afterlife : Oh Bangladesh , my mother ; oh Bangladeshis my brothers and sisters, please don't forsake me.

We want justice - voice of Bangladesh.

 

[denel]

this is unbelievable>.....

 

[Skull and Bones]

This is sad, may she rest in peace.

 

[jamal18]

This is beyond belief. If somebody doesn't hang for this, there is no justice.

 

[Nilgiri]

The soul of Nusrat is crying for justice from afterlife : Oh Bangladesh , my mother ; oh Bangladeshis my brothers and sisters, please don't forsake me.

We want justice - voice of Bangladesh.

I just read the article in full. This is very disgusting. Has the PM or big politician said anything on matter?

 

[Cookie Monster]

This is beyond belief. If somebody doesn't hang for this, there is no justice.

Hanging would be mercy. They should be burned as well...and not too quickly...but over time. They should face the pain and suffering of being burnt for as long as possible.

 

[Philip the Arab]

Hanging would be mercy. They should be burned as well...and not too quickly...but over time. They should face the pain and suffering of being burnt for as long as possible.

Nah, if the US doesn't do it than your country shouldn't. You will be called barbaric by punishing a person by burning. This isn't the F*cking witch trials, go for a lethal injection.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Nah, if the US doesn't do it than your country shouldn't. You will be called barbaric by punishing a person by burning. This isn't the F*cking witch trials, go for a lethal injection.

Its not my country...its my stance for all criminals who commit inhuman barbaric acts like burning ppl, or throwing acid, etc. They should be subjected to the same barbarism they put their victims through. It would serve as a deterrent. I couldn't care less how other countries label it. It's my personal opinion that this should happen the world over...not to all criminals...just to psychopathic barbaric ones.

Btw lethal injection is also a quick merciful death.

 

[Philip the Arab]

Its not my country...its my stance for all criminals who commit inhuman barbaric acts like burning ppl, or throwing acid, etc. They should be subjected to the same barbarism they put their victims through. It would serve as a deterrent. I couldn't care less how other countries label it. It's my personal opinion that this should happen the world over...not to all criminals...just to psychopathic barbaric ones.

Btw lethal injection is also a quick merciful death.

An eye for an eye doesn't work politically hence why most countries don't use that system. Its been around since Hammurabi and has been debated for centuries and now is mostly out of use and some countries have even abolished the death penalty altogether. Liberals, and other human rights groups will say that's inhumane and do you really want Bangladesh to be called barbaric, or backwords? It's happened to Arab states for a long time and let me tell you right now, it ain't a good thing.

 

[Cookie Monster]

An eye for an eye doesn't work politically hence why most countries don't use that system. Its been around since Hammurabi and has been debated for centuries and now is mostly out of use and some countries have even abolished the death penalty altogether. Liberals, and other human rights groups will say that's inhumane and do you really want Bangladesh to be called barbaric, or backwords? It's happened to Arab states for a long time and let me tell you right now, it ain't a good thing.

Right...I know what u r saying...and I'm saying I don't care about how its viewed politically or by liberals. I'm stating my personal opinion that I think ppl who commit acts of barbarism should be made to suffer.

There were news earlier about some girl who was raped and then they dropped a heavy rock on her head to crush her skull...if u think that life in prison or lethal injection would be appropriate punishment all for the sake of avoiding some labels of being "backwards"...then that's ur personal opinion. I don't hold that same viewpoint as u in this case.

 

[VikingRaider]

I just read the article in full. This is very disgusting. Has the PM or big politician said anything on matter?

Yes ,prime minister ordered to take very strong action .

https://www.thedailystar.net/countr...sheikh-hasina-orders-stern-action-1728352?amp

But we need to wait and see how strong this action can be. I wish terrible punishment ( teeth for teeth) for this devil, but the real problem is this world is too much liberal now and such punishment does not work always. A teacher should be a guardian and protector of students, so by doing such heinous acts he broke his vow. His punishment should be severe.

 

[Black_cats]

Nusrat wrote the story of ‘sexual abuse by principal’ in her exercise book
Nazmul Hoque Shamim, Feni Correspondent, bdnews24.com

Published: 11 Apr 2019 03:38 AM BdST Updated: 11 Apr 2019 03:38 AM BdST

https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/201...exual-abuse-by-principal-in-her-exercise-book

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Nusrat Jahan Rafi, the girl who has been killed allegedly in reprisal for charging the principal of her madrasa in Feni with sexual abuse, had described in an exercise book how “she had been molested”.




Police have kept the exercise book as evidence in a case started over an arson attack that eventually led to her death on Wednesday night.

Nusrat had also lamented some of her peers’ support for the principal and main suspect, SM Siraj-ud-Daula, in two pages of the exercise book.

Addressing her classmates, she asked: “How do you demand Siraj-ud-Daula’s freedom even after knowing everything about him? Don’t you know what happened on that day in the class – on what parts of my body he placed his hand and what other parts he wanted to touch?”

“He told me not to hide my feelings. ‘Don’t you feel good when you romance boys? What can they give you?’ he asked me and said he would give me question papers during exams,” she wrote.

Sonagazi Model Police Station Inspector Kamal Hosain told bdnews24.com they found the writing on a page of an exercise book of Nusrat on Tuesday.

A similar writing was found on another page of the exercise book, he said.

“It will come in handy in the case initiated by Nusrat’s brother. Police will check the credibility of the writings. We will question those named here,” the inspector added.

Describing the arson attack to police, Nusrat had said some people tricked her onto the roof of the Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrasa and set fire to her by pouring kerosene on her body when she went to the institution to sit Alim exams, equivalent to HSC, last Saturday.

The assailants, who included burqa-clad women, carried out the attack when she had refused to withdraw the charges against Siraj, Nusrat said.

Siraj had already been in jail in a case initiated by Nustrat’s mother over alleged sexual harassment.

Police have arrested 10 people, including Siraj, in the case over the attack.

 

[Crystal-Clear]

hang the bastards .

 

[Nike]

Any Madrasa in this world should be under control and surveillance of State like in Indonesia or Malaysia you cant prevent all of accident but you can minimize the damage and bring justice for any criminal lurking