Main accused of Kamrangirchar rape case held

Rapid Action Battalion today claimed to have arrested the main accused of the case filed for gang-rape of a 13-year-old girl in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka.

The arrestee is identified as Md Ratan, 18, son of Shah Alam from Shariatpur, reports our correspondent quoting Major Mohammad Anisujjaman, company commander of Rab-10.

A team of Rab-10 arrested Ratan during a drive in the Bank Colony area in Savar around 2:30 am, the official said.

Police yesterday arrested four accused-- Hasan, Sifat, Sabuj and Rony, aged around 18 -- of the case and a female friend of the victim.

The group with the help of the female friend took the girl on the first floor of a two-storey under-construction building in Rasulpur area and gang-raped her between 6:30pm and 8:00pm on Thursday

A case was lodged by the victim’s mother with Kamrangirchar Police Station on the night of the incident.

The girl was admitted to One Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).