The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Leaders of the Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR) yesterday expressed grave concern at a news report published by incident reported in different newspapers that a young girl was burnt alive after she refused to become a prostitute.

The ill-fated girl, Lata, 16, a housemaid and daughter of poor a tea-stall owner at Rangpur district town, was killed brutally by her so-called employer-Jahangir, who poured kerosene on her before setting her on fire. Attending doctors declared her dead, when locals took her to Rangpur Medical College Hospital in critical condition.

The grisly incident took place at the house of Jahangir at Keranipara area in Rangpur town recently. Police did not take any action against the perpetrator of the heinous crime although a case was lodged with the local thana.

Expressing frustration at the inaction of the law enforcers, BSEHR President Gias Kamal Chowdhury, Secretary General Nurul Islam Khan and Executive Director Elena Khan yesterday in a joint statement demanded exemplary punishment to the criminal, who killed the minor girl brutally.

They also urged the Government to nab all those, who assisted the perpetrator to commit the inhuman crime of burning a person alive.