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3 arrested in Ctg over gang rape of girl who escaped from Cumilla
Police arrested three youths on allegation of gang raping a 22-year-old girl in Chattogram who ran away from her home in Cumilla.
The arrestees were identified as Md Ariful Islam Arif, 23, son of Md Abul Hossain, Md Nayan, 29, son of Saifuddin Prakash, and Md Abdul Latif, 22, son of Md Solaiman, said Jahir Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Akbar Shah police station in Chattogram.
According to police, the girl from Cumilla left her home out of anger and reached Chattogram on Saturday morning by train. When she decided to return, she could not do so as she had no money.
Around 11:30 she was sitting in front of a house at Shapla Residential area under Akbar Shah police station when accused Nayan came to her and said he will give her a job and keep her with his family.
Later Arif and Latif joined him and took the girl to an under construction building and fled after raping her.
Police rescued the girl from the building after being informed by locals, said OC Jahir.
The accused were arrested from different places in the city during a drive conducted from Saturday evening to Sunday morning.
“The accused have accepted their crime during primary interrogation and the girl is currently under treatment at One-stop Crisis Center,” he said.
Accused Arif and Nayan were arrested last year in another rape case filed with Kotwali police station, said the OC.
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Teen rapes minor girl in Gaibandha
A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old boy in her neighbourhood in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha on Thursday.
The accused has been absconding since the alleged crime. The rape survivor is undergoing treatment at Gaibandha District Hospital, said Masud Rana, officer-in-charge of Palashbari police station.
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The accused teen went to the girl's house when she was alone and took her to a deserted house promising to buy her a dress for Eid, said the OC. "In the deserted house, the teen raped her."
The girl started bleeding after the alleged rape and narrated her ordeal to her mother. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint at Palashbari police station in this regard on Friday, said OC Masud.
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Attempted rape victim commits suicide in Bogura: 2 arrested
Police arrested two people including the main accused in a case filed over suicide of an attempted rape victim in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila on Saturday.
The arrestees were identified as Bablu Mia, 40, son of Kanu Sarker from Rudrabaria village and Abu Taher, 50, son of Ali from Koigati village.
Kripa Sindhu, Officer-in-Charge of Dhunat police station said they were arrested after filing a case following the complaint of victim’s father Fazlul Haque accusing some seven people including Bablu on Friday.
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Deceased Lipi Khatun, 18, was a resident of Kaigati village of Dhunat upazila and a former student of Jalshuka Habibur Rahman Degree College.
According to the case statement, Babul Mia, of the same village, used to tease Lipi for the past two years.
Lipi’s father complained about this to the village leaders aka Matabbars but they didn’t get any solution.
After the complaint against him, Babul became even more aggressive.
On April 12 morning, when no one was home, Babul with his companion Rafiq went to Lipi's house and tried to rape her. At one point, hearing her scream, neighbors rushed to her room but Babul and Rafiq escaped.
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The victim poisoned herself as the incident became a topic of conversation for the locals.
Her relatives first admitted her to Dhunat Upazila Health Complex from where she was shifted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura.
On April 13, she was shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where she died while undergoing treatment on Thursday.
Minor girl raped by 5-6 youths in Rajshahi
A Class X student returning home from a relative's place was allegedly abducted and raped by five to six youths in Rajshahi on Wednesday night.
The alleged crime occurred around 7.30pm when the minor girl was coming back home alone on a battery-run rickshaw after iftaar at her relative's house in Kachupara.
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As the rickshaw carrying the girl and two others was passing through a desolate area in Puthia upazila, the miscreants armed with sharp weapons ambushed the vehicle.
The miscreants robbed the occupants of their money and mobile phones and then forcibly took the girl to a banana orchard, where they took turns to rape her, according to the minor survivor.
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The girl later managed to reach the Begar Mor area and narrated her ordeal to passersby.
Officer-in-charge of Puthia police station, Shahrowardy Hossain said he was yet to receive any written complaint from the girl's family. "However, the crime scene has been identified and efforts are on to nab the perpetrators of the crime."
5-yr-old girl killed after ‘rape’ in Noakhali: Cousin held
The body of a five-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and killed by her cousin 10 days ago, was recovered from a septic tank at Megha village in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali district on Saturday.
Police arrested Shahadat Hossain, 22, son of Babul for his alleged involvement in the crime, said police on Sunday.
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Asma Akter, daughter of Shahjahan, went missing on March 24 while playing outside her house.
Shahjahan lodged a general diary with Chatkhil police station the following day.
Police on Friday arrested Shahadat and following his confessional statement, police recovered the body of Asma, wrapped in a polythene, from the septic tank on Saturday night, said Gias Uddin, officer-in-charge of Chatkhil Police Station.
The body was taken to 250-bed Noakhali General Hospital on Sunday.
During interrogation, Shahadat confessed that he raped the child several times before strangulating her to death. Later he dumped the body in the septic tank.
Bangladesh's rape epidemic
There has been no let up in the number of sexual crimes against women despite the introduction of stricter laws in Bangladesh in November 2020.
Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) data shows that 1,018 children were raped in 2020 alone, but only 683 police cases had been filed. Also, 116 survivors were six years old or below.
Overall, 1,627 rape cases were reported in 2020 and 53 of the women were killed by the perpetrators while 14 took their own lives, as per the data.
However, ASK's data is just the tip of the iceberg, according to aid agencies, who report that most women are too afraid to report rape.
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In October 2020, the country was rocked by protests after a woman was allegedly attacked and raped in Noakhali.
In November, 2020, Bangladesh introduced capital punishment for rape, following days of protests against sexual violence against women in several cities across the country.
But human rights organisations say the move will not solve the country's rape crisis, as the survivors of the heinous crime are often stigmatised in the society.
UP member held for ‘raping’ schoolgirl in Magura
Police arrested a member of Babukhali union parishad of Mohammadpur upazila in Magura district for allegedly raping a schoolgirl on Monday.
The arrestee was Ismail Mridha, son of late Awal Mridha and a member of Ward No 6 of Babukhali union parishad.
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Victim’s mother said Ismail visited her house a few days ago and told her that he will provide her daughter an allowance card and medical certificate is needed for it.
On Sunday morning, Ismail took the girl Magura hospital in the name of medical examination but no medical test was held there.
Later, he took the girl to a house near the education office on Haji Saheb road area where he violated her.
When the girl shouted, Ismail Mridha left her in the house and fled.
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Later, the girl’s mother lodged a written complaint with Magura police in this regard, said Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge of the Magura police station.
Based on the complaint, police arrested UP member Ismail Mridha on Monday and produced him before a court, he added.
Panchagarh madrasa teacher held for sodomy
A 33-year-old madrasa teacher in Panchagarh was arrested on Monday for allegedly sodomising his 12-year-old student.
The arrestee has been identified as Yasin Arafat, a resident of Gorgram Majhpara village in Nilphamari district. He was produced in a court that sent him to judicial custody.
Police said Yasin sexually assaulted the boy in his room in the madrasa on March 11. The very next day, the boy returned to his home and narrated his ordeal to his parents.
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"His parents had initially approached the madrasa authorities. When the madrasa authorities did not act, his parents and local residents caught the accused and handed him over to us," said Abdul Latif Mia, officer-in-charge of Panchagarh Sadar police station.
The teacher was booked for the alleged crime and produced in Panchagarh chief judicial magistrate's court. "CJM Humayun Kabir Sarkar sent him to judicial custody," said OC Abdul Latif.
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One held over murder of schoolgirl ‘after rape’ in Magura
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a man from Sreepur upazila of Magura district over the murder of a schoolgirl ‘after rape’.
The arrestee is Hasan Sheikh, 23, a three-wheeler driver and son of Fazlu Sheikh of Hatshrikol village of the upazila.
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Sreepur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sukdev Roy in a press conference said the arrestee confessed that he had raped the girl before murder and it was preplanned.
Razia Khatun, 12, was found dead on the banks of the Kumar River near her residence in Hatsrikol village of Sreepur upazila on Friday.
A case was filed at Sreepur police station in this regard.
Four tie up man in Khulna, rape wife
Sexual assaults on women continue unabated in Bangladesh, despite the government introducing death penalty for rape in 2020. On Friday night, another woman was allegedly violated by four men in front of her helpless husband.
The alleged crime occurred around 10.30 pm near the Tetultala railway crossing in the Khanjahan Ali locality of Khulna city, when the couple was passing through the area.
The four forcibly dragged the couple to a garage, where they tied up the man with a rope and took turns to rape the 27-year-old woman. Her ordeal continued for nearly an hour -- all this while, her helpless husband watched in horror, according to police.
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Based on the woman's complaint, an FIR for gang-rape was lodged against the four men -- identified as Quamrul, Jibon, Summon and Ala -- at Khanjahan Ali police station on Saturday morning.
"The woman is recuperating at the one-stop crisis centre of Khulna Medical College and Hospital," said Prabir Kumar Biswas, officer-in-charge. "Efforts are on to nab the perpetrators of the heinous crime."
Bangladesh's rape epidemic
There has been no let up in the number of sexual crimes against women despite the introduction of stricter laws in Bangladesh in November 2020.
Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) data shows that 1,018 children were raped in 2020 alone, but only 683 police cases had been filed. Also, 116 survivors were six years old or below.
Overall, 1,627 rape cases were reported in 2020 and 53 of the women were killed by the perpetrators while 14 took their own lives, as per the data.
However, ASK's data is just the tip of the iceberg, according to aid agencies, who report that most women are too afraid to report rape.
In October 2020, the country was rocked by protests after a woman was allegedly attacked and raped in Noakhali.
In November, 2020, Bangladesh introduced capital punishment for rape, following days of protests against sexual violence against women in several cities across the country.
READ: Teenager gang-raped in N'ganj
But human rights organisations say the move will not solve the country's rape crisis, as the survivors of the heinous crime are often stigmatised in the society.
Man gets death penalty for raping and killing schoolgirl in Tangail
A Tangail court on Monday sentenced a man to death in a case filed over killing a schoolgirl after raping her in 2020.
Tangail Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal judge Khaleda Yasmin passed the order in presence of the convict.
The death row convict is Mazedur Rahman,26, son of Anwar Hossain from Moddhopara village in Tangail sadar upazila.
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On September 9, 2020, a fourth grader student of a local school went missing as she went to collect sugarcane from a field beside her home in the afternoon. Later in the evening her body was recovered from a bush near her house, said Public prosecutor advocate Ali Ahmed.
Next day, Mazedur was arrested from his home after a case was filed at Tangail sadar police station in this regard followed by a complaint lodged by the victim's brother.
In primary interrogation Mazedur confessed to strangulate the girl to death with her scarf after raping her. He also gave a confessional statement before court.
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