MC College rape: Court records victim’s statement
A Sylhet court today recorded the statement of the victim who was gang-raped at the hostel of Murari Chand College in Sylhet on Friday night.
She appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate Court No-3 around 1:30pm and gave her statement to Judge Sharmin Khanom Mila, Amullo Bhushon Chowdhury, assistant commissioner (prosecution) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, told our Sylhet correspondent.
A group of youths tied the victim's husband and raped the woman at the college hostel on Friday night. Police rescued them around 10:30pm.
The accused were said to be activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student front of Awami League.
The victim's husband filed a case at Shah Poran Police Station in the early hours of Saturday.
Meanwhile, two accused, including prime suspect Saifur Rahman, have been arrested in connection with the case this morning.
MC College students erupted in protests following the incident. Chhatra League's Dhaka University unit staged a protest rally on the campus in the morning demanding exemplary punishment for the rape suspects.
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