Police in a drive arrested a youth from Ashulia in Dhaka on Sunday night after the recovery of the throat- slit body of an unidentified woman from a hotel in Agrabad area. The arrestee is Quamrul Hasan who identified himself as the husband of a 25-year-old woman and hired a room of a hotel on Thursday where the woman was found dead. Additional deputy commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police, Sadat Hossain Russel, said a team of police arrested Quamrul from Ashulia area around 11 pm. Earlier on Thursday,  the  woman was found dead with her throat slit in the hotel room. The incident came to light on Friday as police filed a case at Halishohor Police Station. Read: 2 held with 20 gold bars along Jashore border Mostafizur Rahman, the officer-in-charge of Halishohor Police Station, said the woman checked into the hotel along with a man on Thursday afternoon "The two had identified themselves as married couple. Around 5.30 pm, the man left the hotel," he said. Cops broke open the door of the hotel room after its staff alerted them around 11.30 pm after getting no response from inside. Later, police recovered the body of the woman.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has nabbed a youth from the Chaturi Choumohuni area of Anowara upazila in Chattogram for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in 2017. The accused has been identified as Md Shipon, 27, son of Md Selim, a resident of Keshua village in Chandanaish upazila, the elite force said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the case statement, Shipon lured the minor to his house on February 18, 2017, while she was playing outside her house. Later, he allegedly violated the girl. Read: Woman’s body recovered from river in Chuadanga The girl's mother filed a complaint at the Chandanaish Police Station on the same day, according to the statement. Based on the complaint, a RAB-7 team conducted an operation in the area and nabbed the accused. He was later handed over to the Chandanaish police.

A 32-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly trying to slit a teenager's throat in the Nandankanon Kata Pahar area of Chattogram city.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday arrested a young man from Noyamati Muslim Para in Fatulla upazila for making derogatory remarks against the government and Prime Minister on social networking site Facebook.

Police arrested a young man as he allegedly raped a 13-year-old schoolgirl in Dighirpar village of Manirampur upazila on Friday.

Police arrested three youths from Mouhali village in Ghior upazila on Sunday night in a case filed over gang- rape of a woman.   The arrestees are—Wasim Hossain, 20, Rakib Hossain and Redwan, 20 of the village.   According to the case statement, when the woman went to a shop for recharging his mobile, Wasim took her to a quiet place saying that he will talk to her.   Later, Wasim along with his 7/8 accomplices raped the woman.   Ashraful Alam, officer-in-charge of Ghior Police Station, said that the woman filed the case at night and then they arrested the three accused.   Meanwhile, the woman was sent to district hospital for medical test, said the OC.

Police arrested a young man from Shaohortoli area of the district town early Monday for allegedly raping a housewife.   The arrestee is Taposh Saha, 22.   The victim said the youth entered her room forcibly around 2am in absence of her husband. He raped her holding her hostage at gunpoint.   Neighbours rushed to her rescue hearing her scream and caught Taposh.   Later, the accused was handed over to police, said Moniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.   A case was filed in this connection.

Police arrested a young man along with 1900 Yaba pills, concealed inside his sandals, from Station Road area in the port city on Sunday night.

Police have arrested a young man reportedly for rape attempt on a Class-I girl in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore district.

A youth was arrested in a case filed for attempting to rape an eight-year-old girl at Paglapir in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.   The arrestee was identified as Bulbul Islam Samrat, son of Kechu Mia of the upazila.   Sajedul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said Bulbul took the girl to his house alluring her of giving chocolate on January 20 (Monday) while she was playing near his house. Later, he tried to violate the girl.   Hearing screams of the girl, locals came in and rescued the girl while Bulbul went into hiding.   Later, the victim’s mother filed a case with Kotwali Police Station.    Police arrested Bulbul on Thursday night.