Woman 'gang raped for having live-in partner'
Local men allegedly gang-raped a woman “as a punishment for being in a live-in relationship with a man” in Nondipara of the capital's Sabujbagh early Wednesday.
But the man said he married the 26-year-old woman in Comilla two months ago and since then they had been living in the capital. It was her second marriage and the two came back from Oman some five months ago.
According to him, 10 local youths went to their house around 11:00pm and demanded Tk 1 lakh as a fine “for living without marriage”.
As the couple protested, the gang sought their marriage certificate and as the two requested for one day to bring it from the village, the miscreants abducted her wife and raped her in an under-construction building, he said.
They also beat the man and snatched away Tk 1,300 and a mobile set.
The woman, warned by the gang not to disclose the matter, returned home one and a half hours later.
The couple suspect that their neighbour Josna, who is familiar with the victim's estranged husband whom she divorced for plural marriage, spread the rumour among the locals.
Josna was trying to convince the victim to return to his former husband and also financially help him after going back to Oman following Eid-ul-Azha.
A case was filed yesterday against 10 locals including Josna, Khokon, Liton, Monir, Kabir and Mehedi.
Coordinator of One-stop Crisis Centre said victim's forensic test will be conducted today.
Sabujbagh police are trying to arrest the perpetrators.
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