Seven sent to jail for raping two women

A Moulvibazar court yesterday sent seven people to jail in a case filed over gang-raping two women on Friday night in the district’s Kamalganj upazila.

The accused are: Yusuf Ali, 25, Alamgir Hossain, 25, Rubel Mia, 25, Salim Mia, 28, Ravi Lal Urao, 28, Bikash Munda, 28, and Abu Sufian Babul, 26.

All of them are residents of different villages in the upazila.

The victims, aged between 22 and 24, are currently receiving treatment at Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital, said Arifur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kamalganj Police Station.

The two women hired a CNG-run autorickshaw from Moulvibazar municipality area to their home around 8:00pm on Friday, the OC said, adding that one of them had a seven-year-old boy with her.

After a while, Yusuf, the autorickshaw driver, took a sudden turn into a narrow lane, saying that the main road was bumpy ahead, the OC said, quoting the victims.

When the vehicle reached Kalanga area, the driver picked up two more passengers, despite protest from the two women who had reserved the autorickshaw for the whole journey.

As the vehicle reached Deorachhara Tea Garden, a remote area, four people got off another autorickshaw parked there and stopped the first one.

The seven then dragged the two women to a nearby forest and raped them, the OC said.

Later, they dropped the women and the child off somewhere near their house around 11:30pm and fled.

Being informed, police arrested all the perpetrators from different areas on the very night, the OC said.

Husband of one of the victims yesterday filed a case with Kamalganj Police Station accusing the seven.

Source: The Daily Star