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Nearly 2 lakh women tortured in 12 yr

Md Mahfuzur Rahman || risingbd.com

Published: 14:24, 12 February 2015   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Nearly 2 lakh women tortured in 12 yr

Speakers at the press conference

Staff Correspondent: A total of 1, 74, 691 women had been subjected to inhuman torture between 2001 and 2012, a press conference was told on Thursday.

 

The press conference was held at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) auditorium, in the capital.

 

“The torture includes- Acid attacks, kidnapping, murdering after rape, trafficking, dowry and so on,” the speakers said, in the conference.

 

Khushi Kabir, Fowzia Khandakar Eva, Farah Kabir, Monika Jahan Bos and Ruhul Amin Kajol were present, at that time.

 

According to the press conference, more than ten women are being tortured in a week in Bangladesh.

 

risingbd/ Feb 12, 2015/ Kamal/ Mahfuz

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