Raudha’s family files suit in Bangladeshi Court against Seerat Parveen

Raudha Athif's family has filed a case against Seerat Parveen Mahmud in a Bangladeshi court over her death .

The case was filed in Rajshai Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court by her father Dr. Mohamed Athif. The case has been accepted for prosecution by the court.

The case documents state that “she [Raudha] was strangulated while she was sitting in the chair, assailants did it from behind her or she was strangulated outside the room and later brought to the room and kept at a lying position on her bed”.

Furthermore, the case documents note there were significant discrepancies between the statements given by the Rajshahi Police, Seerat Parveen, her autopsy. It also notes the missing CCTV footage, missing users from Raudha’s Instagram account accessed after her death from her iPhone and the attempts to present her death as a suicide.

Raudha Athif with Seerat Parveen a few days before her death

Therefore, the family had requested the court to press charges against Seerat Parveen as she is the key suspect in Raudha’s death.

The family, since day one, had consistently asserted that she was not the type of person to commit suicide.

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