Tanu’s 2nd autopsy: Cause of death still unknown

The second autopsy report of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tanu has been unveiled on Sunday but the cause of her death is still unknown.

Dr Kamoda Prosad Saha, head of Comilla Medical College Hospital's forensic department who headed Tonu's second autopsy, said, “As the body was highly mutilated, we are not confirmed about the cause of her death.”

Dr Saha, however, said that they have found the evidence of sexual intercourse with Tanu before her death but that will not be leveled as rape.    
 

 On May 17, the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) disclosed that it found evidence of rape on the body of the Comilla Victoria College student in its DNA test.


Earlier, doctors at the Forensic Department of Comilla Medical College Hospital in their first autopsy report did not find any sign of rape before the death of the college girl.


On March 28, a local court ordered the exhumation of Tonu's body for fresh autopsy.


The court order follows 'discrepancies' in the investigation agencies' primary findings and what has been gleaned from her original autopsy.


Tanu, 19, a second year student of History Department of Comilla Victoria College and member of the college’s theatre, was found dead in a bush beside a culvert inside the Comilla Cantonment area on March 20 night. Her head was smashed, and she had allegedly been raped.


The victim’s father Year Hossain, an office assistant of Moinamoti Cantonment Board, filed a case against some unidentified people with Kotwali police station on March 21.


The killing of Tanu sparked protests across the country demanding abrupt arrest and exemplary punishment of those responsible.