8th grader gang-raped in Patuakhali; 2 held

An eighth-grader was gang-raped by five youths in Kuakata of Patuakhali on Monday night, police said.

The girl from Barguna's Amtali upazila went to meet her friend Jisan alias Sohel (18) in the upazila town on Monday. Jisan took her to a hotel in Kuakata where he along with four youths raped her, Helal Uddin, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Amtali Police Station, said quoting a case statement.

The girl reached home on Tuesday morning. On the same day, her mother filed a case with the police station after the girl disclosed the incident to her family members, he said.

Police arrested Jisan and one Sagar (21) of Serajpur village in Kalapara upazila of Barguna on Tuesday afternoon and produced them before a court which sent them to jail today, he told our Patuakhali correspondent.

The victim has been sent to Patuakhali General Hospital for medical test. During primary investigation, police found evidence of rape, the police officer said adding, efforts are on to identify and arrest rest of the accused.