The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday arrested the prime accused in a case over the gang rape of two teenage girls at Kalatoli Cottage zone in Cox’s Bazar district town, that took place on Monday night.

The arrestee is Monirul Islam alias Harbodol, 35, son of Nur Ahmed of Ghonapara area of Cox's Bazar municipality.

Earlier on Tuesday, police also arrested Riyad, 30, in connection with his alleged involvement in the crime.

Tipped off, a team of RAB-15 conducted a drive in the Rubber Garden area of Ramu Upazila on Thursday afternoon and arrested Monirul, Senior Assistant Director of RAB-15, Abu Salam Chowdhury said in a press briefing on Friday.

He said that the two teenage girls, who went to Cox’s Bazar from Dhaka to perform dance at a programme, were reportedly gang raped by a group of miscreants at Kalatoli Cottage zone in the Cox’s Bazar district town.

The victims went there to perform at a dance programme at the invitation of some young people a few days ago.

Later, those who invited them to Cox's Bazar were the ones to hand them over to some people who raped them at Rajon Cottage, in front of Kalatoli Cultural Centre on Monday night.

On Tuesday, the criminals forced them to board a Dhaka-bound bus but one of the girls got down at Ramu Bypass as she fell sick.

Local people took her to a hospital and from there police sent her to Sadar Hospital. In the course of all this,

Later, a case was filed with Sadar Model police in this regard.

During the primary interrogation, the arrestee confessed his involvement in the rape, added the RAB official.

The accused was handed over to Sadar Model Police Station.