Khulna Gang Rape: Victim sues OC, 4 other policemen
Five policemen, including a suspended officer-in-charge, have been sued on charge of gang-raping a woman inside a residential building of railway police in Khulna on August 2.
The victim yesterday filed a case with Khulna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3, accusing Osman Gani Pathan, suspended OC of the Khulna Railway Police Station, Nazmul Haque, suspended sub-inspector of the same police station, and three unnamed policemen.
Osman and Nazmul were suspended on August 7 for their alleged involvement in the rape.
The tribunal’s judge Md Mohiduzzaman took the case into cognisance after questioning the victim during a hearing.
Talking to The Daily Star, the plaintiff’s lawyer Mominul Islam said the court had directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the case.
On August 2, the accused policemen detained the woman from inside a train in Khulna’s Phultala Railway Station and took her to an apartment where they allegedly raped her.
The next day, the alleged rapists filed a case against the victim for possessing five bottles of Phensedyl, after which a court sent her to jail.
On August 4, the victim filed a complaint against the policemen with a local court while seeking bail.
The woman was released on bail on August 28.
Police Headquarters and Pakshey Railway Police formed two separate probe bodies to investigate the matter a few days after the incident.
JUBO LEAGUE LEADER
HELD OVER RAPE
Meanwhile in Manikganj, a court on Sunday sent a Jubo League leader to jail on charges of raping a teenage girl and spreading video of the incident on the internet.
The accused is Kamrul Hassan Kamal, a member of the convening committee of Ghior upazlia Jubo League.
Quoting the case statement, police said Kamal gave marriage proposal to the victim’s elder sister about two months ago. Since then, Kamal had been maintaining a good relationship with the family.
Taking advantage of the intimacy, Kamal often used to take the girl to excursion, said Ashraful Islam, OC of Ghior Police Station.
Around a month ago, he took the girl to a residential hotel in Dhaka and raped her, the OC sad, adding that the perpetrator recorded the whole incident on his phone.
Later, he raped the girl multiple times with a threat to release the video online, OC Ashraful said.
On Saturday, the victim’s father lodged a case against Kamal, and he was arrested on the same night, the OC said.
Meanwhile in Bogura, police yesterday detained a man allegedly for raping his five-year-old step daughter
The girl used to live with her mother and step-father. On Sunday afternoon, the perpetrator raped the girl as her mother went to visit one of their relative’s house, said Rezaul Karim, inspector (investigation) of Bogura Sadar Police Station.
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