A court in Khulna has sent a disgraced inspector of Government Railway Police to judicial custody in connection with the rape of a woman in 2019.

Khulna Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mahmuda Khatun passed the order after fugitive accused Osman Gani Pathan surrendered before the court and sought bail on Sunday.

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According to the case, when the woman was travelling to Jashore by train a female police officer and two other policemen detained her along with her daughter and took them to Khulna GRP station on August 8 in 2019.

Later, the woman was raped at the police station by Khulna GRP police inspector Osman Gani Pathan.

On August 9, the woman lodged a complaint at GRP Police Station against inspector Osman Gani Pathan and four others.  Osman Gani went into hiding after the incident.

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On January 16 in 2020, police submitted a chargesheet accusing Osman Gani before the court. However, other police officers were excluded from the chargesheet.