Biological Evidence of Attempted Rape

(Dhaka, Bangladesh) It's generally recognized that rapists leave behind biological evidence at each attack site but seldom does the evidence include a defined body part. In this case, a 40-year-old Bangladeshi woman sliced off her attempted rapist's penis and took it to the police station as evidence.

The woman, a married mother of three, was attacked while she was sleeping in her shanty in Jhalakathi district, some 200 kilometres (120 miles) south of Dhaka, on Saturday night, officers said.

"As he tried to rape her, the lady cut his penis off with a knife. She then wrapped up the penis in a piece of polythene and brought it to the Jhalakathi police station as evidence of the crime," police chief Abul Khaer told AFP.

The woman has filed a case accusing the man -- who is also 40 and a married father of five -- of attempted rape, saying that he had been harassing her for six months.

The alleged perpetrator is currently hospitalized with severe joint pain. He will face attempted rape charges when he perks up.

Tip: Charley N.