DHAKA, Sept 5, 2017 (BSS) – Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim today called upon the lawyers not to stand for the killers of Rupa Khatun, who was raped and killed recently inside a running bus in Tangail.
“Rupa, who belonged to a poor family in Tarash, Sirajganj, had to go through lots of hardships for her livelihood. The whole family was dependent on her. Those who raped and subsequently killed her are worse than animals. I am humbly requesting all the lawyers not to move their cases,” Nasim said while exchanging Eid greetings with the employees and officials of his ministry.
The health minister reiterated his pledge to give a job to the younger sister of Rupa, saying, “I visited Rupa’s house on Eid day and witnessed firsthand how a brutal incident like that can ruin a whole family!”
Nasim urged all the officials for working sincerely to attain visible successes in the last year of the present government’s tenure.
“The current fiscal is very significant to fulfill the political commitments of the government. We have to fulfill commitments made by the government in the health sector by completing the ongoing projects quickly and transparently,” Nasim added.
He thanked physicians, nurses and other medical staff for their uninterrupted services during the Eid holidays.
State Minister for Health Zahid Maleque, secretaries of the ministry Dr Serajul Huq Khan (health services division), Dr Md. Sirazul Islam (health education division) and director general of Directorate of Health Services Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad, were present on the occasion, among others.