In the time when the whole world is encouraging women empowerment and efforts are being made to make women more powerful, a Vogue magazine’s cover girl was allegedly murdered for wearing jeans in a Muslim college in Bangladesh.
A 20-year-old Muslim model Raudha Athif, was found hanging in her hostel room on March 29. While the autopsy reports claim that Raudha committed suicide, but her father and other family members have made allegations that it was a cold-blooded murder as she wore jeans to college and refused to wear Islamic clothing.
Raudha featured on the cover of Vogue in October 2016, when the magazine did a photoshoot with models of different races to keep with its theme, ‘Celebrating Beauty in Diversity’ . It was Vogue’s 9th anniversary.
The model was Muslim girl from Maldives. She was studying at Islami Bank Medical College in Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Challenging the reports of the suicide Raudha’s heartbroken father, Dr.Mohamed Athif took to social media to reveal that his daughter was murdered on the campus. He tweeted, “Maldivian medical student and my daughter Raudha Atif did not commit suicide.She was murdered in her hostel room. I have the facts.”
Maldivian medical student and my daughter Raudha Athif did not commit sucide.She was murdered at her hostel room.I ve the facts
— Dr.Mohamed Athif (@athifMohd) April 4, 2017
Raudha’s brother Rayyan also said that his sister was murdered. Recalling the incident told by Raudha, Rayyan said, she had earlier told her family that someone had tried putting sleeping pills into her drink a few weeks before.
He further asserted, “her style of clothing was branded as ‘immodest’ and ‘un-Islamic’ even though Raudha adhered to the dress code in the college premises by wearing a veil covering her face.”
The Maldivian police have also contacted the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police of Bangladesh and are looking into the issue.
