Family of alleged rapist sues others

The family of a man who allegedly raped their 12-year-old domestic help filed a rape case against unknown people so that the actual "culprit" can get away with the crime in the capital's Mugda area, police said yesterday.

It came five days after the incident. The victim told her mother what actually happened when her mother from Rangpur came to visit her at Dhaka Medical College Hospital's One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC).

Police arrested the alleged rapist Bodiuzzaman, 33, and his brother-in-law Shams Rabby for filing the false case after the victim's father lodged a case in this connection yesterday.

“After the rape, which left the girl critically injured, Bodiuzzaman's in-laws took her to the hospital. Then, Rabby came to the police station and filed a case against unnamed people for raping the girl on the roof of his father's house,” said Enamul Haque, officer-in-charge of Mugda Police Station.

The statement of Rabby seemed strange from the beginning and police kept an eye on the family members and also monitored whoever visited the victim at the OCC, he added.

“Rabby and his family members said the victim's parents live in Rangpur, hiding the fact that he pulls rickshaw in Moghbazar,” he added.

The victim is a domestic help of Shamsuddin Taher in South Manda area. The alleged rapist Bodiuzzaman is his son-in-law. The rape incident happened on Tuesday afternoon.

An uncle of the victim told The Daily Star that her family was completely kept in the dark as of Saturday morning. They went to Mugda Police Station and police told them that their daughter was raped by unknown people.