Girl 'abducted, gangraped for 5 days' rescued

A teenage girl of the district town has allegedly been abducted and gangraped for five days.

The family members rescued the Class VI girl on Saturday afternoon from a house of one Jobed Ali at Lohagara village in Pirganj upazila with the help of their relatives. Now the victim is undergoing treatment at Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital in critical condition.

Mother of the girl, also wife of a tractor driver Aiyub Ali, of Goalpara village told this correspondent at Thakurgaon Police Station early yesterday that Sumon, 24, son of a fruit trader at Kalibari Bazar and resident of Nischintapur in the municipality, used to tease her for the last six weeks on her way to school.

Sumon also made a proposal which was turned down by the girl.

About 15/20 days ago, Sumon offered the girl Tk. 2,000 for purchasing a cell phone. As she refused, Sumon and his two accomplices allegedly threatened to throw acid on her.

At this, the girl asked her mother to go back to their village home at Salondar in Sadar upazila where from they had come to the town about 7/8 years ago and rented a house at Goalpara.

Fearing untoward incident anytime, the girl's parents shifted to another rented house in the same area about 20 days ago.

But Sumon traced out the girl's house and again started to tease her.

On 14 October, at about 6:00pm, Sumon and his two accomplices -- Sohel Rana, 27, of Bosirpara and Nadim, 25, of Bazarpara in the municipality area -- came to the victim's house and forcibly took the girl to a mess at Boshirpara in the town. On the same night they gangraped her there.

As the condition of girl deteriorated due to bleeding, the rapists took her to Sumon's relative Jobed Ali's house in Pirganj upazila on 15 October.

The culprits raped the girl for four more days at the house.

Meanwhile, the victim's mother was able to contact Sumon over cell phone and trace out the spot.

Later she rescued the girl on Saturday and filed a case with Thakurgaon police station against Sumon, 24, Sohel Rana, 27, Nadim, 25, and Jobed Ali, 35, in this connection yesterday.

Investigation officer Abdul Mannan said, immediately after getting the compliant of rape on Saturday afternoon, police raided the mess at Bashirpara and arrested Sohel Rana.

The victim told this correspondent at the hospital yesterday that the three abductors raped her repeatedly for five days.

Gynecologist at Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital Dr. Khurshid Jahan said that the minor girl fell sick due to bleeding. She is undergoing treatment and hopefully will recover soon, she added.

Meanwhile, the mother of the vicitim alleged that the main accused was threatening the family of dire consequences for filing the case.