Teacher killed after rape in Bandarban

Our Correspondent, Bandarban

A schoolteacher was killed allegedly after gang rape in Ngarheisatong area of Roangchhari upazila on Friday.

The deceased was identified as U Pru Marma, 24, a teacher at Ananda School run by a non-government organisation (NGO).

Officer in-Charge of Roangchari police station Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan quoting locals said, U Pru Marma was killed by the Rohingyas after rape. She had gone 'missing' on Friday at around 9:00am, he added.

Locals found her body at 11:30pm at the valley of Ngarheisatong hill of Bangchhari in the upazila.

The criminals might have killed her after rape as she bore some injury marks on the body, he added.

Locals caught Tara Chang Tanchangya alias Debong Tanchangya, 27, and Musalm, 28, of Bangchhari area of the upazila on suspicion and beat them up.

Critically injured Musalm died at Sadar Hospital, the OC said.

Contacted, District Police Superintendent Devdas Bhattacharya Tara Chang Tanchangya confessed to police that he along with three other Rohingyas of the area raped U Pru Marma and killed her.

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