Nurse rape-murder on bus: Police press charges against 9

Police have pressed charges against nine people in a case filed for raping and killing nurse Shahinoor Akter Tania on a running bus on her way home in Kishoreganj’s Katiadi upazila on May 6.

Officer-In-Charge (Investigation) of Bajitpur Police Station, who is also the investigation officer of the case, Md Sarwar Jahan, submitted the charge sheet to the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Al Mamun on Thursday.

The charge-sheeted accused are Swarnalata Paribahan bus driver Nuruzzaman Nuru, 39, helper Lalon Mia, 33, Bus owner Al Mamun, Rafiqul Islam rafiq, Khokon Mia, Bakul Mia, Borhan, Al Amin and MD of  Swarnalata bus Parvez Sarker Pavel.

Tania, who worked at Ibne Sina Hospital’s Kalyanpur branch in the capital, was murdered after being raped on a running bus on her way home in Kishoreganj’s Katiadi upazila on May 6.

Source: dailysun