Lamia was laid to rest at Dumki upazila in Patuakhali district beside the grave of her father,Jasim Uddin, who was martyred by police gunfire in Dhaka during July uprising.
Her namaj-e-janaja took place at 7:30 PM at Pangashia Secondary Girls' School ground, after which she was buried next to her father's grave.
Present at namaj-e-janaja were Patuakhali District Commissioner Abu Hasnat Mohammad Arefin, Senior Joint Secretary of BNP Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Chief Organizer (Northern Region) of NCP Sarjis Alam, Dumki Upazila Executive Officer Abuzar Mohammad Izazul Haque, Dumki Police Station officer-in-charge Mohammad Zakir Hossain, along with people from all walks of life.
According to family members, Lamia was found dead on Saturday night at a rented house on Road No 6 at Shekhertek area of Mohammadpur, Dhaka.
She was discovered hanging inside the house and was rushed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead upon arrival.
Earlier, On March 18, while travelling to her maternal grandparents’ house in Pangashia, she was allegedly gang-raped by two individuals, Sakib and Sifat, from Naldoyani area.
Displaying immense courage, she personally filed a case against the accused with Dumki Police Station.
Both suspects were subsequently arrested and presented before the court and the case remains under investigation.
Family members revealed that following the assault, she had been grappling with severe mental trauma.
They said the burden of social stigma, combined with fear of not receiving justice, had plunged her into deep depression, ultimately leading her to take her own life.
Her father, Jasim Uddin, was killed by police during last year's July Uprising in Dhaka, a loss that had already cast a long shadow over the family.
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