Gang-rape in Ctg: All 8 accused placed on remand

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Chattogram Bureau :
A court in Chattogram on Saturday placed the eight accused, including a woman, on remand in connection with a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman in the port city’s Chandgaon area early Friday.
The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Khairul Amin passed the remand order after police produced the accused before the court with seven-day remand prayer in the case, said court sources.
Inspector (investigation) Rajesh Barua of Chandgaon Police Station said the court placed Jahangir, a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, also a key accused of the gang rape case, on a five-day remand while the remaining seven were remanded for three days each.
The other accused are Md Yousuf (32), Md Ripon (27), Md Sujan (24), Debu Barua alias Jobayer Hossain (31), Md Shahed (24), Rintu Datta (30), and Monowara
Begum alias Lebur Ma (55).
Jahangir is known as a police informant of Chandgaon police station, said sources.
The rape took place around 1:30am on Friday and was led by Jahangir when the victim was returning home from Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila.
The victim is now undergoing treatment at the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
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