They laid a ‘token siege’ to the offices of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) commissioner and deputy commissioner (DC) of the district and submitted a memorandum questioning the law enforcers' seriousness in identifying the culprits.

Threatening tougher agitation including strikes, they called a protest meeting tomorrow. Students of different city schools will also demonstrate today.

Earlier, school students, housewives, human rights activists, cultural activists, professionals and others started gathering near the victims' home at Ghospara from the morning.

At around 11am, they brought out a large procession that paraded Shaheb Bazar, Barendra Museum and C&B crossings. At the RMP headquarters, they laid a siege for sometime and submitted a memo to RMP commissioner Nayeem Ahmed.

They then marched to the DC's office and held a rally with senior citizen Sayed Md Mohsin in the chair.

Rajshahi DC Sayed Ahsanul Haque came out of his office, addressed the rally and assured the protesters of justice.

Among others, the rally was addressed by Sammilito Sangskritik Jote conveynor Dr Sayed Shafiqul Alam, Rajshahi Rakkha Sangram Parishad conveynor Zamat Khan, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association's Rajshahi president Dil Sitara Begum Chuni, ward commissioner Bilkis Ara Begum and Rajshahi Mohila Parishad president Kalpana Roy.

The agitators in their memo said the circumstantial evidences show that the killers are none but relatives of the house owner. Police also arrested three, but failed to identify the killers, it said.

The memo mentioned a few recent incidents of police apathy to similar cases and said police indifference helps none but the culprits.

They said police did not submit charge sheet in the Noor Banu murder case in nine months and could not arrest anyone in Joly rape and murder case.

Mafroza Begum Mili, 11-year-old student of class V at PN Government High School was gangraped and later strangled at their rented house on May 3 morning.

Her father Mansur Rahman Mollah, an Instructor of Rajshahi Postal Academy filed a case accusing the house owner's son Fazle Rabbi Rion, his relative Saiduzzaman Minar, a relative of Rion and their neighbour Fazlur Rahman, an employee of Power Development Board.

The police arrested the three accused and are now interrogating Rion and Minar taking them on a five day remand for the second time.

Investigation officer SI Akhtar Hossain told newsmen that though they suspected the involvement of the three in murder, but the arrestees are yet to confess their offence.