271 children die after abuse in 2018

Staff Correspondent: A total of 271 children died after rape, sexual harassment and physical torture while 1,006 fell victims to such incidents across the country in 2018.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), a non-government organisation works for marginalized communities, revealed the study at a press briefing titled ‘Situation of Bangladeshi Children: From the page of Newspaper’, held at the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday.

The survey was conducted analysing 398 reports published in six leading national newspapers.

As per the survey, 129 children were abused and tortured by their teachers.  Among them, 70 children were physically tortured, 33 fell victims to sexual harassment and 17 were raped by teachers.

Besides, 414 children were killed in road accidents and 133 were injured in 2018 where as the number of deaths were 375 in 2017.


risingbd/Dhaka/April 28, 2019/Nasir/AI