Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman paid a personal visit on Thursday night to the home of Ramisa Akter, the eight-year-old girl who was raped and killed earlier this week, to offer condolences to her bereaved parents.
Tarique arrived at the family’s flat in Pallabi, Mirpur, around 9:45pm, after travelling directly from a cabinet meeting at the secretariat.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, among others, accompanied the prime minister during the visit.
The prime minister had expressed profound shock and sorrow upon learning of the incident, and had been receiving regular updates on the family’s situation before resolving to visit them later that evening.
During his visit, Tarique assured the family that the case would be investigated swiftly and thoroughly.
Ramisa, a second-grader at Popular Model High School in Mirpur, was killed in a neighbouring flat in the same building on 19 May.
The main accused, Sohel Rana, 34, gave a confessional statement before a court on 20 May, admitting that he sexually assaulted and later killed the child.
