Police have arrested two people in connection with the rape of a Class IX schoolgirl from Garo community at Haluaghat in Mymensingh.
National minority student and youth organisations on Wednesday staged a rally in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh in the capital Dhaka, protesting at the rape.
They demanded justice for the victim and exemplary punishment for the rapists.
Haluaghat police station officer-in-charge Hafizul Islam said that one of the accused was arrested on Tuesday and another on Wednesday.
鈥楾he incident occurred on Monday night at Haluaghat and a case was filed on Tuesday,鈥� he said.
The national minority protesters raised a five-point demand, including security, treatment and rehabilitation for the survivor, and state protection for all national minority women and girls, and forming an independent commission to investigate repeated violence against national minority women.
Addressing the rally, Adivasi Chhatra Sangram Parishad president Ananta Tanchangya said that national minority people in the hills and the plain land never got justice despite repeated protests.
Bangladesh Indigenous Women鈥檚 Network member Ananya Drong said, 鈥楧emanding justice does not make us separatists.鈥�
Mentioning the recent incident in Khagrachari, former student leader Alik Mree slammed media outlets for publishing the identity and photos of the victim girl.
Expressing frustration over the incident, Adivasi Juba Forum vice-president Tony Chiran said that attempts were being made to systematically evict the national minority people from this country.
