SHAMNAGAR, BANGLADESH – JANUARY 10, 2020 When 21-year-old Mariam Khatun, a student of Shyamnagar Government Mohsin College, disappeared from her home, her parents issued a search for her. Her body was found two days later dumped in a rice field. It bore signs of strangulation and a later autopsy also confirmed rape.
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- Mariam Khatun
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- Subrata Mandal
Police investigation showed that she had been in a secret romantic relationship for two years with a man identified as Subrata Mandal. She secretly left home and met him, but did not tell anyone about their relationship. When Subrata began pressuring her to marry him and she refused, it led to a series of arguments. During one of them, Subrata lost control, raped her and strangled her.
Subrata Mandal was arrested and confessed to the murder to the police. The court has provisionally rejected the possibility of bail, and he is currently facing justice for rape and murder.
