A refugee girl was raped by a local youth on April 15, at about 12:30 pm, in the Nayapara camp in a nexus with a couple of refugees from the camp, said a refugee committee member.  

The victim was identified as Rahima Begum (13), (not her real name), daughter of Mr. xxxx , MRC- No. xxxx and Block- x of Nayapara camp.

The victim was called by a refugee woman Ms Mostafa to her shed, only 40 yards away.

When she reached Ms Mostafa’s shed, she was entertained with tea and biscuits. A local youth Md. Siddique (26) was sitting in the shed along with Mostafa’s husband Noor Mohamed, said a relative of the victim quoting the victim.  

Mrs Mostafa and her husband suddenly grabbed the victim and gagged her and took her inside.

Md. Siddique went to the room and raped her.

After the rape, she was told not to tell anybody or else she would be killed.

Nevertheless, the victim went to her shed crying and told her parents. The parents accompanied by their daughter went to RTM International health clinic for tests. But, they did not get the report on the day due to the absence of the duty doctor. The next day, on April 16, they got the report from the clinic confirming the rape.

A case was filed with Teknaf police station against the said refugee couple and Md. Siddique.  

A refugee elder from the camp said on condition of anonymity, “The local people are encouraged to do all this since January after the Bangladesh government stepped up   crackdown against the refugees.”

The refugee couple and Md. Siddique are absconding to evade arrest.

The Camp-in-Charge (CIC), and UNHCR were informed, said a refugee elder.