Rape case against ex-civil surgeon in Tangail

The victim, in her case, alleged that she met the surgeon at his office for a job at the post of an Aya (office help) in Tangail Civil Surgeon Office against an advertisement published in 2004.

The surgeon told her to meet him at his house on July 19 last year. There he allegedly raped her assuring the job. Later, the surgeon had sex with her several times against her will and consequently she got pregnant in June, according to the case.

When the victim informed Dr Noor about her pregnancy, the culprit assured her that he would marry soon and forbade to disclose it to anybody.

Days went by and eventually the surgeon refused to marry the victim when she contacted him on September 15.

In the meantime, the surgeon was transferred from Tangail on September 30 and joined the Shaharasti Upazila Health Complex in Chandpur.

Against the backdrop, the victim filed the rape case against the deputy civil surgeon. Now the victim is pregnant of five months.

This correspondent tried to contact the accused surgeon over his cell phone several times but the cell phone found dead.