Woman raped in Dhanmondi restaurant

A woman was raped by an unidentified youth in the capital's Dhanmondi area Monday evening.

The father of the 21-year-old victim filed a rape case with Dhanmondi Police Station yesterday afternoon against an unnamed accused.

Parvez Islam, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi Police Station, said that a 20- to 24-year-old youth, tactfully took the victim to a closed restaurant on the sixth floor of a building on Sat Masjid Road and raped her on the restaurant's balcony.

The victim is currently undergoing treatment at the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The OC added that efforts are on to apprehend the suspect.