Tests to verify Oishee’s age

DHAKA, Aug 21: Oishee Rahman, the daughter of a slain inspector of Special Branch of police and his wife, on Wednesday underwent various tests at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) to determine her age.

She is now on a 5 day remand in connection with her parents’ killing.

The investigators put her on medical test amid widespread criticism from various quarters, including rights groups, for taking her on remand as she is thought to be underage.

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan police brought Oishee to the hospital around 2:45pm, sources in the DMCH said.

At the hospital said she was taken to X-ray department of the hospital at about 3:15 pm.
 
Dr Farzana of Forensic Medicine has already completed physical examination of Oishee.

Besides, she underwent different types of X-ray for analysing bone structure, assistant professor Dr Shohel Mahmud at the Forensic Medicine department of the hospital said.

Later, the forensic experts would analyse both the reports to determine Oishee’s age.

Prof Mahmud hoped that he would get the X-ray report on Thursday or Sunday next.

On Sunday, police produced her before a Dhaka court seeking a remand. In the remand prayer police put Oishee’s age at 18.

The court sent her to a five-day remand that attracted huge criticism from different spheres prompting the police to determine the age of the suspected killer.

On Friday afternoon, police recovered the bodies of Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna from their Chamelibagh residence.

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