Police detained two men on Sunday for raping a teenage girl after kidnapping her and asking for ransom in Barishal.
The arrestees were identified as Asif, from Bhanga upazila in Faridpur and his assistant Md Sohel.
Detecting their location using technology, at around 5 am, Barishal Metropolitan Police rescued the girl from Asif’s house and nabbed the two accused, said Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan, deputy commissioner (south) of BMP.
The victim is currently being treated at the One-stop Crisis Center at the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.
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According to Bandar police station sources, the girl from the area got recently acquainted with the youth named Asif and they met at Barishal river port area on Saturday.
Asif took the girl to his home in Bhanga upazila and asked for ransom money to her parents over phone on Saturday evening after raping her.
The girl’s family lodged a complaint at Bandar police station in this regard the same night.
They are preparing to take legal actions against the accused, said police.