The man who raped a Dhaka University (DU) student in Kurmitola was a serial rapist and a mugger, the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said.

Dhaka University (DU) students blocked Shahbagh intersection for two hours on Monday and gave a 24-hr ultimatum to the authorities for arresting those involved in the rape of a female student of the university at Kurmitola on Sunday night.

A second-year student of Dhaka University (DU) was allegedly raped in the city’s Kurmitola area on Sunday night.