DU student rape: charges pressed against lone accused Majnu
Detectives today pressed charges against the lone accused, Majnu, in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital's Kurmitola area on January 6.
Abu Bakar Siddique, inspector of Detective Branch of police and also investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court of Dhaka.
In the charge sheet, Abu Bakar said the charges brought against Majnu were primarily proved.
According to the charge sheet, a total of 16 people were made prosecution witnesses in the case.
Rapid Action Battalion on January 8 arrested 30-year-old Majnu from nearby Shewra area and said he was a serial rapist and that he tried to kill the DU student after raping her at Kurmitola.
The second-year student was allegedly raped and tortured while she was walking from Kurmitola bus stop to a friend's house in a nearby area around 7:30pm on January 6.
Her fellow students and several DU employees brought her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around midnight that night.
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