Khagrachhari, May 06 (V7N)- Students in Khagrachhari held a protest march and rally at Shapla Chattar today to voice their strong condemnation of the gang rape and murder of a woman from the Kheyang community in Mongkhoy Para, Tindu Union No. 2, Thanchi Upazila, Bandarban. The protesters demanded exemplary punishment for all those involved in the heinous crime.

During the rally, speakers emphasized the urgent need to bring the perpetrators of this brutal act of violence against the Kheyang woman to justice. The general student body called for the immediate arrest and swift punishment of the culprits.

Present at the protest were general students Kavita Chakma, Tripitak Chakma, Jaya Tripura, and Kirpayan Tripura, among others.

The body of the 27-year-old female jujube farmer, identified as Chingma Kheyang, wife of Suman Kheyang from Mongkhyang Kheyang neighborhood of Ward No. 8, was discovered on Monday afternoon in the Tindu area of Thanchi upazila, Bandarban. Police recovered her body from the roadside near a Kheyang community neighborhood in the area after locals reported the discovery to Thanchi police.

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