Barishal Correspondent :
Eliminating or destroying evidence in different ways is making difficulties to prove incidents of rape.
In last six months of the current year total 160 victims admitted at one stop crisis center (OCC) of Barishal Sher- e- Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) after referred by police for medical tests and most of them were from Barishal district.
Among the victims 153 were admitted in January-June and 7 more in first week of July 2019, said sources of forensic department of the hospital.
Out of those victims 122 were from Barishal, 22 from Barguna and four each from Pirojpur, Bhola, Patuakhali and Jhalakathi districts of Barishal division, sources said.
However only 30 percent medical tests proved as rape due to damage or lost of necessary evidences.
Among the proved victims 60 percent victims were under-18 and children, 35 percent were aged 19-28, 5 percents were above thirty years old females.
Dr. ABM Nazmul Huda, assistant professor of SBMCH forensic department, said unconsciousness of the victims for preserving evidences and lost or damages evidences by taking bath, cleaning cloths or delay to inform police, created these difficulties.
Out of those 160 victims sent to SBMCH OCC for medical test, 122 victims were from Barishal district including 39 were referred from 4 police stations of Barishal Metropolitan police, 22 from Gournadi, 12 from Bakerganj, 9 from each of Hizla and Wazirpur, 7 from each of Muladi, Banaripara, Mehendiganj, 6 from Agoiljhara and 4 from Babuganj police stations of the district.
Dr. Aktaruzzaman, associate professor of SBMCH forensic department, said lost or damage of evidences by the victims unconsciously and sometimes allegations to curb old enmity taking chances of misusing hard acts for preventing torture or sexual violations against women, also caused failure of proving the crime.
Eliminating or destroying evidence in different ways is making difficulties to prove incidents of rape.
In last six months of the current year total 160 victims admitted at one stop crisis center (OCC) of Barishal Sher- e- Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) after referred by police for medical tests and most of them were from Barishal district.
Among the victims 153 were admitted in January-June and 7 more in first week of July 2019, said sources of forensic department of the hospital.
Out of those victims 122 were from Barishal, 22 from Barguna and four each from Pirojpur, Bhola, Patuakhali and Jhalakathi districts of Barishal division, sources said.
However only 30 percent medical tests proved as rape due to damage or lost of necessary evidences.
Among the proved victims 60 percent victims were under-18 and children, 35 percent were aged 19-28, 5 percents were above thirty years old females.
Dr. ABM Nazmul Huda, assistant professor of SBMCH forensic department, said unconsciousness of the victims for preserving evidences and lost or damages evidences by taking bath, cleaning cloths or delay to inform police, created these difficulties.
Out of those 160 victims sent to SBMCH OCC for medical test, 122 victims were from Barishal district including 39 were referred from 4 police stations of Barishal Metropolitan police, 22 from Gournadi, 12 from Bakerganj, 9 from each of Hizla and Wazirpur, 7 from each of Muladi, Banaripara, Mehendiganj, 6 from Agoiljhara and 4 from Babuganj police stations of the district.
Dr. Aktaruzzaman, associate professor of SBMCH forensic department, said lost or damage of evidences by the victims unconsciously and sometimes allegations to curb old enmity taking chances of misusing hard acts for preventing torture or sexual violations against women, also caused failure of proving the crime.
