Bangladesh: Police failed to recover minor Hindu girl who didn’t return home from school
June 16, 2023
After one month, police is yet to recover a minor Hindu girl who went missing from School. Although a missing Complaint is filed in Police station, family alleged that police is not doing anything to recover their daughter.
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MINOR HINDU GIRL TOMA MAHANTA(16), RESIDENT OF FULBARI UPOZILA UNDER DINAJPUR DISTRICT WENT MISSING FROM SCHOOL ON 14TH MAY, 2023. MISSING COMPLAINT FILED AT FULBARI POLICE STATION, BUT TILL TODAY POLICE COULDN’T FIND OR RECOVER HER. ++ PIC.TWITTER.COM/R2RIPQRPGX— Hindu Voice (@HinduVoice_in) June 16, 2023
Tama Rani Mahanta(16), daughter of Ranjana Rani Mahanta was a student of local Madhyamik school didn’t return home from school on 14th of May. On 20th of May, her mother filed a missing complaint at Fulbari police station.
Tama is resident of Barai village under Fulbari Upozila of Dinajpur district.
But why police is not recovering her? Tama’s mother said, “We went to police station several station. Officer there said that we should not find our daughter, she eloped with a Muslim guy. But where she is now, police couldn’t tell us.”
Crying, her mother also said, “I raised my daughter with care. I didn’t know that she had any relationship with anyone. But police is trying to emphasize the fact that my daughter has eloped. I want my daughter back.”
This not the first time. In Bangladesh, in most Hindu girls’ missing cases, police is reluctant to recover or take any steps. Few month back, a Hindu girl named Puja Karmakar went missing from her home in Kotalipara under Gopalganj district. Till today, police couldn’t recover her.