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Jamalpur schoolgirl ‘kills self after rape’; Accused youth held
Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)-14 members arrested the main accused in a case filed over the ‘suicide’ of a tenth grader allegedly after being raped in Melandaha upazila of Jamalpur district.
Rab-14 members arrested Tamim Ahmed Swapan,25, on Friday night from Charshasha area in Mymensingh sadar upazila during a drive, said Asik Uzzaman, company commander of Rab-14 Jamalpur camp during a briefing on Saturday.
On Thursday, the girl aged 16 years allegedly killed herself by hanging.
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From a suicide note of the victim her father came to know that accused Tamim had mentally and physically tortured her by keeping her hostage, said the Rab-14 commander.
On Friday, a case was filed at Melandah police station following a complaint lodged by the victim’s father.
The victim’s father said Tamim used to tease his daughter regularly on her way to school.
On Thursday night, she went to sleep after returning from school and later they found her hanging body, he said.
2 arrested for raping teenager in Gazipur
Members of rapid Action Battalion (RAb) arrested two men on Sunday night in a case filed over raping a 15-year old girl after abduction in Gazipur.
The arrestees are Harun Ur Rashid, 28, and Shipon, 32, said Major SM Maidul Islam, company Commander of Rab-1.
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The accused were arrested from Sonatala Bazar area in Kaliakair upazila during a drive, he said.
On March 1, the accused abducted the victim from in front of her house in Sonatala village under Kaliakair police station in Gazipur and raped her several times.
On March 4, the victim was rescued by locals and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after her condition deteriorated.
Rab Porabari camp started a shadow investigation to arrest the accused after the victim's sister filed a case in this regard at Kaliakair police station under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
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“In primary interrogation the accused confessed to abducting the girl and raping her keeping hostage at a cotton godown owned by Anwar Hossain at Sonatala area”, said Major SM Maidul Islam.
Child sexually abused in city, tutor held
A class three girl student has been sexually abused allegedly by her house tutor in the city’s Mirpur area.
The tutor Shawkat Hossain, also an official of Agrani Bank, sexually abused the child when he came to teach her at her home around 10 pm on Saturday, alleged the child’s mother.
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The mother said the child went to her mother crying shortly after the house tutor arrived as she was bleeding. She also told her mother about the abuse.
The child was admitted to the One-Stop Crisis Centre at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in the small hours of Sunday, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH outpost.
Police arrested Shawkat in this regard. Steps are being made to file a case against the tutor, said the child’s mother.
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Housewife ‘gang-raped’ in Laxmipur
A housewife was allegedly raped by five people at her house in Sadar upazila of Laximpur district early Sunday.
Police said five thieves- Sumon, Nazim, Hossain, Yusuf and Harun- entered the rape survivor’s house at Charmotua village in Teoyariganj union in the early hours and tied up all members of the family.
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The family members alleged that the thieves raped the housewife and looted the gold ornaments and cash money.
Later, the rape survivor was admitted to Laxmipur Sadar Hospital in the morning.
Md Anwar Hossain, resident medical officer of the hospital, said her medical examinations and treatment are going on.
Police launched a drive to arrest the five rapists, said the Superintendent of Police AHM Kamruzzaman.
3 remanded for slicing woman’s body after rape inside pharmacy in Sunamganj
A Sunamganj court on Sunday placed the accused pharmacy owner and two others on eight-day remand each for gang raping a woman, killing her and later slicing her body into pieces to hide their crime.
Judicial Magistrate Abdur Rahim passed the order after Inspector (CID) Liton Dewan, investigation officer in the case produced the accused before court and sought 10-days in remand for each.
After the court granted the remand, accused pharmacy owner Jitesh Chandra Gop,30, Anjit Chandra Gop,38, and Ashit Gop, 36 were taken under Criminal Investigation Department’s custody, said Sunamganj court Inspector Md Badrul Alam Talukdar.
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On February 17, six body parts of Shahnaz Parvin Jyotsna,35, wife of an expatriate, were recovered from the pharmacy named Ovi Medical Hall in Jagannathpur municipality area in Sunamganj.
The same day, a case was filed at Jagannathpur police station against Jitesh following a complaint lodged by Shahnaz’s brother Helal Ahmed.
On February 18, CID arrested the three accused from Dhaka and Sunamganj.
During primary interrogation, the arrestees confessed to killing Shahnaz after rape and then cutting her body into pieces to hide their crime, said CID.
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According to the accused, Shahnaz, mother of three children, had a good relationship with Jitesh as she used to buy most of her family’s medicines from his pharmacy.
On Wednesday afternoon, Shahnaz went to Jitesh’s pharmacy as he assured her of suggesting some medicines for her confidential medical issues.
He kept her waiting in the room behind the shop and later with the help of two more shop owners- Anjit and Ashit -made her unconscious by swallowing sleeping pills.
They raped her in the late hours of night and strangled her to death when Shahnaz said she will inform her family about the incident.
Later they cut her body into six pieces with a sharp knife and packed those in boxes.
They were planning to dump the boxes into a pond, said CID.
Man arrested for raping minor sister-in-law in Thakurgaon
Police arrested a man on Sunday on charge of raping his sister-in-law, a 7th grader, in Singpara village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.
The arrestee was identified as Sumon,27, son of Abdur Sabur from Singpara village in Salandar union.
Sumon was arrested after a rape case was filed at sadar police station following the complaint of the girl’s father earlier in the day.
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According to the complaint, Sumon was married to the plaintiff’s elder daughter three years ago. The couple has a 2-year-old daughter.
On February 10, the plaintiff went to visit his son-in-law along with his younger daughter. The girl stayed back even though the father returned home.
Later that night Sumon allegedly raped the girl covering her mouth with a scarf. When she fell sick and informed the family, they took her to Thakurgaon General Hospital.
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Inspector Parvin Begum, Investigation Officer in the case said the accused was arrested immediately after filing of the case and was sent to jail by the court.
Sunamganj pharmacy owner, 2 others sliced woman’s body after rape: CID
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police have arrested three people for their suspected involvement in slicing the body of a woman after raping her in a Sunamganj pharmacy.
The arrestees are pharmacy owner Jitesh Chandra Gop,30, Anjit Chandra Gop,38, and Ashit Gop, 36.
Conducting a drive, Jitesh was arrested on Friday from Nurer Chala area under Bhatara police station in the capital while Anjit and Ashit were arrested from Jagannathpur municipality area in Sunamganj, said CID on Saturday at a press briefing at its Malibagh office.
On Thursday, six body parts of Shahnaz Parvin Jyotsna,35, wife of an expatriate, were recovered from the pharmacy named Ovi Medical Hall in Jagannathpur municipality area in Sunamganj.
The same day, a case was filed at Jagannathpur police station against Jitesh following a complaint lodged by Shahnaz’s brother Helal Ahmed.
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During primary interrogation, the arrestees confessed to killing Shahnaz after rape and then cutting her body into pieces to hide their crime, said CID.
According to the accused, Shahnaz, mother of three children, had a good relationship with Jitesh as she used to buy most of her family’s medicines from his pharmacy .
On Wednesday afternoon Shahnaz went to Jitesh’s pharmacy as he assured her of suggesting some medicines for her secret medical issues.
He kept her waiting in the room behind the shop and later with the help of two more shop owners- Anjit and Ashit -made her unconscious by swallowing sleeping pills.
They raped her in the late hours of night and strangled her to death when Shahnaz said she will inform her family about the incident.
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Later they cut her body into six pieces with a sharp knife and packed those in boxes.
They were planning to dump the boxes into a pond, said CID.
Schoolgirl gang raped in Thakurgaon
A 9th grade school girl was gang raped Tuesday in Dholarhat of Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila.
The incident occurred in Haragachh village of Dholarhat union when the girl went to meet her boyfriend.
The victim alleged that her boyfriend, Sujan, a 10th grade student of Islamnagar High School and resident of Debiganj village, and 4-5 others including Ashraful and Biplob raped her. Sujan took her to a chicken farm away from her house where his companions were waiting. Afterwards they left her unconscious near her house at midnight, she said.
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Her father said that at around 1.30 am he heard his daughter crying in the yard. He came out of the house and found her bleeding. He also saw several wound marks on her body.
That night, the victim was taken to a local doctor and a union parishad member was informed about the incident, her father said.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Ruhia Police Station Chittaranjan Roy said he had not received any written complaint from the family yet.
However, the crime scene was identified according to the victim’s description. The victim's medical examination was also completed on Wednesday and attempts were being made to identify the accused, the OC said.
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Meanwhile, victim's brother-in-law Sohel Rana said that the family was preparing to file an abduction and rape case.
30-year-old rapes schoolgirl in Magura, held
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a schoolgirl in Magura's Sadar upazila.
The arrestee has been identified as Kajal Hossain, 30, son of Altaf Biswas of the upazila.
Monjurul Alam, officer-in-charge of Magura police station, said that Kajal used to tease the girl on her way to school.
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"On Saturday night, Kajol barged into the girl's house and raped her. Hearing her screams, neighbours rushed to her house but the accused managed to flee," he said.
On January 30, police arrested Kajal on rape charges. "The girl has already recorded her statement before a judicial magistrate after her medical examination," the OC added.
Madrasa teacher lands in jail for raping 2 students in Panchagarh
A madrasa teacher in Panchagarh, arrested over raping two of his students, landed in jail on Sunday.
The accused is Abu Bakkar Siddique,24, resident of Dakkhin Jinnat Para village in the sadar upazila.
A panchagarh court sent Abu Bakkar to jail on Sunday after Boda station police arrested him from his own house on Saturday night and produced him before court.
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Police made the arrest followed by a rape case lodged at Panchagarh Sadar police station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000, said Abdul Latif Mia, Officer-in-Charge of Panchagarh Sadar police station.
On January 27 and 28, Abu Bakkar raped those two resident students in the madrasa, according to the case statement.
As the locals and parents of the students got information and interrogated he accepted his crime, it said.