Woman raped on way back from puja; 5 including UP member arrested

Police have arrested a 35-year-old Union Parishad member-- Sheikh Mizanur Rahman--in connection with the rape of a 22-year-old garment factory worker in Bagerhat.

Four more people have been arrested on charges of molesting the girl. Bagerhat Model Police Station police arrested them from different areas including Bakpura and Haderhat of Bagerhat Sadar Upazila around 11:00am today.

The arrestee Sheikh Mizanur Rahman is a member of ward number-9 of Baruipara Union in Bagerhat Sadar Upazila, said Bagerhat Superintendent of Police Pankaj Chandra Roy.

The other arrestees are Bikash Mridha (19), Sukanta Sarkar (32), Bidhan Biswas (28), and Mohammad Sohel Fakir (23).

The victim filed a case naming five people earlier in the day where she said that on Monday night as she was returning after visiting puja mandaps around 10:00pm, UP member Mizanur Rahman, asked her what she was doing out late at night. He then took her behind a building of Bakpura union land office where he raped her.

He left the victim at Chintirkhor area around 11:45pm and she started walking back home but around 12:00pm, Bikash, Sukanta, Bidhan and Mohammed Sohel and few others molested the girl in Haderhat Bazar.

"After filing of the case, we have completed medical examination of the girl and we have arrested UP member Mizanur Rahman on charges of rape and four others on charges of molesting the girl. The arrestee have been handed over to court after preliminary interrogation," Pankaj Chandra Roy said.