The mother of six children was gang-raped for voting against the winning candidateIn just three months, a third incident of a gang-rape used as means of political violence has been reported in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali. On Sunday evening, a married pair was returning home in Charjabbar union after voting for a vice chairman candidate. Their motorcycle was waylaid by a dozen men led by Yusuf Majhi, a known supporter of another vice chairman candidate who won the election. Also Read- Woman gang-raped in Noakhali, 1 heldHer husband’s desperate screams drew attention from the locals who rescued them and sent them to Noakhali General Hospital. Just a month later, a 13-year-old girl was raped by two men in Subarnachar’s Purbacharbata union on January 31.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 01, 2019 10:58 UTC