16-year-old girl raped in Tangail
Two transport workers allegedly raped a madrasa student at Bhuapur upazila of Tangail on Friday night.
Police arrested the "rapists" on the same night and produced them in court yesterday afternoon.
The two men -- Mohammad Hitlar, 30, a truck helper, and Jahid Hossain, 32, driver of a power-tiller trailer -- both from Charpara Bharoi village, were then sent to jail.
The victim, aged 16, is a first-year student of a fazil madrasa in the upazila.
Police sources said the girl went to Bhuapur Bus Stand at around 9:30pm on Friday after she left home following a quarrel with her parents.
While she was waiting for a CNG to go to Elenga, the two transport workers, who were at the spot at the time, offered to drop her off at her desired destination.
The girl, however, rejected the offer and began walking. The two men then started following her, after which they picked her up and forcefully took her near a brick kiln in Shialkhol area, where they raped her, police said.
Hearing her screams, locals went to rescue her and were able to catch Hitlar red-handed, while Jahid managed to escape. Hitlar and the victim were both handed over to police.
While the girl was taken in custody, Hitlar was arrested and interrogated. Based on his information, police later arrested Jahid from his village later that same night.
During interrogation, both admitted to raping the girl, police added.
The victim's father filed a case in this regard yesterday, Md Abdus Salam, officer-in-charge of Bhuapur Police Station, said.
The victim was sent to Tangail General Hospital for medical tests yesterday afternoon, and the rapists were produced before a court which sent them to jail, police said.
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