Mora not freed as 2 more rape cases pending with court

Judge Nurunnahar of the Third Special Tribunal for Prevention of women and Children Repression, Dhaka on Tuesday acquitted Mora, as the charge brought against him was not proved.

After his arrest (Mora) in connection with Tania rape case on March 22 in 1998, he was shown arrested in two more rape cases filed against him with Kotwali Police Station on April 2 the same year.

Five-year-old Tania was raped inside the police control room adjacent to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court, Dhaka around 3:00pm on March 10, 1998.

Hailing from Nagarkanda of Faridpur, Mora, 25, used to spend his days on the court premises selling fruits and other things.

According to the prosecution of the cases, it was alleged that Mora raped two other girls of Chandpur district at a room on the CMM court premises at about 7:00pm in January 1996.

But the two cases were filed two years after the incident and no witnesses have appeared before the court on 59 consecutive dates after the cases were transferred to the tribunal for trial in 1998. Mora had earlier granted bail in one of the cases.