A woman day labour gang-raped in Savar

A woman, aged around 30, was allegedly gang-raped in Dagarmora area of Savar, on the outskirt of Dhaka yesterday.

Police arrested construction workers Arif, 22, Aminul, 35, Badal, 22, Alomgir, 22, and Kabir, 26 by carrying out raids in the area today for their alleged involvement with the incident, AFM Sayeed, officer-in-charge of Savar Police Station, told out Savar correspondent.

The victim told The Daily Star that a group of five people took her near an under-construction building in Dabarmora area from Savar bus stand yesterday morning in the name of giving her work and later they gang-raped her.

The victim will be sent to One-Stop Crises Center (OCC) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for medical test, the OC said.

Filing of a case in this connection is under process, the police official added.