5-year-old raped in Noakhali
Yet another teenage girl was gang-raped on Wednesday evening in Gazipur while a five-year-old girl was raped in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali amid ongoing protests against the heinous crime.
The 13-year-old victim used to live with her family members in Tetuibari area under Kashimpur Police Station in Gazipur city. The victim's mother filed a case against two accused yesterday morning.
On Wednesday noon, the victim was staying alone at her residence as her parents went to work. She came out of her residence to find out one of their neighbouring babies.
On her way, Samrat Hossain Shanto, 20, a resident of the same area, called the girl. But she did not response and started running to return home quickly.
But Samrat and his cohort Shakil Ahmen, who also lives in the same area, caught the girl and took her to a nearby Brac school and gang-raped her.
At one stage, the victim started screaming. Hearing it, locals rushed to the spot and rescued the girl. But the alleged criminals managed to flee the scene.
Later yesterday morning, the victim's mother filed a case accusing the duo, said Rafiqul Islam, inspector (investigation) of Kashimpur Police Station.
The victim was sent to a hospital for treatment and police were continuing drives to arrest the accused, he added.
In Subarnachar, a five year-old-girl was raped by her neighbour, a worker of poultry farm on Wednesday night. The child was admitted to Noakhali General Hospital yesterday.
Police arrested the rapist Helal, 22, yesterday as the victim's father filed a case with Char Jabbarpur Police Station. The court sent the alleged rapist to jail.
After the rape incident at Begumganj, many such incidents like taking nude photos of woman and spreading it on the social media and blackmailing is surfacing.
In Tangail, a woman, wife of an expatriate worker, filed a case against Monjur Rahman, 26, of Haria village in the upazila, with a Tangail Court on September 21 under Pornography Act, alleging him of spreading nude photo, police said.
The woman, mother of a child, told The Daily Star that as her husband works abroad, Monjur, a local land trader, used to tease her.
At one stage, she was involved in a relationship with the youth about two years ago.
"I do not remember when but Monjur took my nude pictures and videos out of my sense. Later in the next one year, he realised total Tk 5 lakh from me in different times threatening me of spreading the picture and video on Facebook," she said.
She informed the matter to the UP Chairman. But UP chairman wanted to file a case with Mirzapur Police Station in this regard. The chairman, however, told her not to do so saying that he would sit over the matter.
"As the chairman delayed, I thought he would bar me to file the case with police station. Later, I filed a case with a Tangail court against Monjur in this regard," she added.
The Daily Star, however, could not take version of the UP chairman as he did not pick up phone.
Contacted, Gias Uddin, inspector (investigation) of Mirzapur Police Station, told The Daily Star that the housewife lodged a case against Monjur with Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court under Pornography Act and the court asked police to investigate the case.
In Pabna, a court yesterday sent a local Awami League leader allegedly for raping a housewife at Rampur village in Chatmohar upazila.
The accused Golzar Hossain, 35, of Nazirpur village in Boraigram upazila of Natore, and a joint secretary of Jonail union unit AL in the same upazila. He raped the housewife multiple times, said Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of Chatmohar Police Station.
In Narayanganj, a police member was arrested yesterday on charge of raping a girl.
The accused is Abdul Kuddus Noyon, 35, a police constable, whose posting was at Rajarbagh Police Lines.
He allegedly raped the girl, who works at a beauty parlour, multiple times promising her to marry, said Kamrul Fakhrul, officer-in-charge of Shiddhirganj Police Station.
In Barishal, a court on Wednesday sent four minors, who were accused of gang-raping a five-year-old girl, to Jessore Child Development Center.
The accused, who are aged between nine and 11, gang-raped the girl on Sunday afternoon at Runsi village in Bakerganj upazila.
As the accused are juvenile, they were sent to child development centre instead of jail, said Sudipto Sarker, additional superintendent of police in Barishal.
[Our correspondent from Gazipur, Pabna, Faridpur, Narayanganj and Barishal contribute to this report]
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