3 arrested over rape in Patuakhali
Three men were arrested on Saturday for gang-raping a 42-year-old woman in Patuakhali's Mirzaganj upazila, and in Mymensingh a case was filed yesterday against a youth and his family members over the rape of a 14-year-old girl.
In Noakhali, miscreants tortured a housewife after an attempt to rape in the first week of January. The incident came to light yesterday when unverified footage of the torture went viral on social media.
The gang-rape of the mother of three took place in the Srinagar area of Mirzaganj around 8:00 pm on Saturday.
After the victim filed a case accusing three persons with the Mirzaganj Police Station, police arrested Jalil Hawladar, 32; Raja, 30, and Sajib Sikder, 26, from the same area that night.
Confirming the matter, Mirzaganj Police Station OC Shawkat Anwar Islam said the arrested persons were sent to Mirzaganj Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court yesterday and the court ordered to send them to jail.
The victim was sent to hospital for a medical test, the OC said, adding that necessary legal action is being taken in this regard through proper investigation, subject to receipt of the medical report.
According to the police, the victim's day labourer husband went to a market near his house to cut firewood and when she came out of the house to call her husband, three men lying in ambush gang-raped her in an open field. Locals later rescued the victim.
At Dighalia village in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh, a 14-year-old schoolgirl was raped allegedly by a youth on the night of January 12.
The victim's mother lodged a case with Ishwarganj Police Station yesterday accusing four persons -- Ismail Hossain, his parents, and brother this afternoon.
Quoting the allegations of the victim and her family members, Ishwarganj Police Station OC Abdul Kader Mia said the girl, a ninth-grader, knew one of the accused, 21-year-old Ismail.
Ismail, an electric mechanic, called the girl to his house last Tuesday evening and later raped her forcibly, police said.
When news of the incident spread among the neighbours, Ismail and his family members kept the girl captive at their house and threatened her not to disclose the matter. Later, they also tried to settle the matter through local arbitration, said police.
As the matter was not solved, the victim's family members informed police yesterday.
On information, police went to the spot, rescued the girl, and took her to the police station yesterday. Ismail and his family members fled the area beforehand, police said.
Police drives are on to arrest the accused soon, the OC added.
In Noakhali's Hatiya upazila, a 32-year-old housewife suffered torture on January 1, when around four to five people -- led by one Jihad and one Faruque -- stormed her house in Ardarsha village in Chandi union while her husband was not home, said inspector Md Abul Hasan of Morshed Bazar investigation centre under Hatiya.
They allegedly attempted to rape the housewife, raising allegations of the victim having an extramarital affair with a man named Mohi, and failing to do so, tortured the woman nearly stripping off her clothes, locals said to police.
Police rescued both the woman and Mohi, who were tied up with rope, after receiving a phone call to the 999 helpline by locals, said the police official.
The victim filed a case with the court on January 5.
Police are currently investigating the incident, Golam Faruque, assistant superintendent of police of Hatiya circle, said.
(Our correspondents from Patuakhali, Mymensingh, and Noakhali contributed to the report)
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