Garment Owner Sued over Alleged Rape of Teenager at Factory in Munshiganj's Sirajdikhan
A case has been filed against garment factory owner Anwar Majhi in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj, accused of raping a 15-year-old girl after taking her into a garment factory. The complaint also alleges that after the rape the girl was locked inside the factory's personal office room.
The victim's mother filed the case at Sirajdikhan Police Station on Friday night under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
The accused, Anwar Majhi, is 60 years old. He is the son of Swapan Majhi of Kathaltoli village in Jainshar Union of the upazila. He owns a garment factory named Indian Textile located in Kathaltoli village.
According to the case statement and police sources, the victim's mother has been working at the factory for about two months. Through her mother, the girl was also taken to the factory to help with various tasks. Out of family need, she was learning work there and assisting her mother in different tasks.
The statement says that on 12 November at around 2:30pm, factory owner Anwar Majhi closed the door of his personal office room and forcibly raped the girl. It further alleges that the girl was then locked inside that room.
On hearing that her daughter had been confined, the mother and other family members rushed to the factory. According to the statement and police sources, they broke the lock of the room and rescued the girl.
Several calls were made to Anwar Majhi's mobile phone to seek his comment on the allegations, but the phone was found switched off.
Sirajdikhan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Alauddin said a case has been filed against the accused Anwar Majhi. The victim has been sent to Munshiganj General Hospital for a medical examination. Efforts are under way to arrest the accused.
