Attempted to rape of a Jumma girl in Rajstali

chtnews.com
News No. 131/2008, July 28, 2008

A teenage Jumma girl is reported to have been subjected to a rape attempt by an unnamed army officer in Rajstali under Rangamati district.

According to a source in UPDF, on 19 July, a group of army personnel led by a Warrant Officer raided the village of Magainpara under Ghilachari Union No. 3.

The army officer attempted to rape 15-year-old Ms Jika Rani Tonchongya when he found her alone in the house.

"He (army officer) asked her to cast off her dress and grabbed her", UPDF leader Soikat Chakma quoted one of her relatives as saying.

"She screamed, somehow freed herself and ran out of the house." he said.

Her father's name is late Dharon Moni Tonchongya and mother's name Mrs. Kalachogh Tonchongya.

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