Four held in Monpura over rape of schoolgirl
Police have arrested four youths in Bhola's Monpura upazila over gang-raping a schoolgirl 10 days ago.
Law enforcers produced the four before a Bhola court yesterday seeking their remand for three days each in a case filed in this regard.
The arrestees -- Md Shakib, 18, A Karim, 19, Jobayer Hossain, 18, and Md Shamim, 19, -- are from Monpura union in the same upazila.
Police said the 15-year-old girl went to visit her aunt in Monpura from Dhaka's Keraniganj upazila during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays last month. The eighth grader had been staying there since then as her school was closed.
Around 10:00pm on September 7, the girl went out of her aunt's home to use the toilet. At that time, the four arrestees, along with six others, intercepted her and took her away on a motorcycle forcibly.
According to law enforcers, the accused first took the girl to the second floor of a newly constructed four-storey building of Monpura High School and gang-raped her.
As the daybreak was getting nearer, the accused took the girl to Andirpar High School by a motorcycle. They again gang-raped the teenager there before fleeing.
Hearing her crying for help, some locals rescued the girl from the school premises on September 4 morning and sent her home.
The girl's aunt said they were under pressure from some local public representatives for "settling the matter locally". Police came to know about the incident from some locals on Thursday.
Monpura OC Shakhwat Hossain said they picked up the four youths from different places in Monpura upazila on Thursday and Friday.
The victim's aunt field the rape case with Monpura Police Station on Friday, accusing some unidentified youths.
Police took the girl into custody on Friday. She was sent to Bhola Sadar Hospital yesterday for medical examinations.
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