Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Nayem Ashraf, one of the five accused in a case filed for allegedly raping two private university students at The Raintree Hotel in the capital’s Banani area, to the jail on completion of his confessional statement about the incident.
Earlier in the day, Ismat Ara Amy, Sub-Inspector (SI) of the Women Support and
Investigation Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Investigation Officer of the case, produced Nayem in the court after seven-day remand.
The Investigation Officer filed an application to the court for recording Nayem’s confessional statement about the incident.
Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Sikder recorded Nayem’s confessional statement at his chamber and later sent him to the jail.
On May 17, Nayem was arrested from Lohajang of Munshiganj district and he was put on remand for seven days.
Shafat Ahmed and Shadman Sakif, accused of the twin rape, gave confessional statement to the court on May 18. Shafat’s driver Billal Hossain also gave the confessional statement, while his bodyguard Rahamat Ali was sent to jail after remand in this connection.
One of the rape victims filed a case with Banani Police Station on May 6 accusing five people. Of the accused, Shafat Ahmed, 26, and Nayem Ashraf, 30, were sued for raping the two female university students while Shadman Shakif, 24, Shafat’s driver Billal, 26, and his bodyguard Rahamat Ali for abetting in the crime.
According to the case statement, the plaintiff along with her friend went to a residential hotel at Banani to attend the birthday party of Shafat on March 28.
The two prime accused-Shafat and Nayem-confined them to two rooms of the hotel at gunpoint after the rooftop birthday party was over at midnight. The two girls were made to drink liquor before being raped. Shafat raped the plaintiff while Nayem her friend.
Shafat’s driver Billal filmed the incident, she said in the FIR adding that they got introduced with Shafat and Nayem through Shadman Shakif.
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Nayem Ashraf, one of the five accused in a case filed for allegedly raping two private university students at The Raintree Hotel in the capital’s Banani area, to the jail on completion of his confessional statement about the incident.
Earlier in the day, Ismat Ara Amy, Sub-Inspector (SI) of the Women Support and
Investigation Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Investigation Officer of the case, produced Nayem in the court after seven-day remand.
The Investigation Officer filed an application to the court for recording Nayem’s confessional statement about the incident.
Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Sikder recorded Nayem’s confessional statement at his chamber and later sent him to the jail.
On May 17, Nayem was arrested from Lohajang of Munshiganj district and he was put on remand for seven days.
Shafat Ahmed and Shadman Sakif, accused of the twin rape, gave confessional statement to the court on May 18. Shafat’s driver Billal Hossain also gave the confessional statement, while his bodyguard Rahamat Ali was sent to jail after remand in this connection.
One of the rape victims filed a case with Banani Police Station on May 6 accusing five people. Of the accused, Shafat Ahmed, 26, and Nayem Ashraf, 30, were sued for raping the two female university students while Shadman Shakif, 24, Shafat’s driver Billal, 26, and his bodyguard Rahamat Ali for abetting in the crime.
According to the case statement, the plaintiff along with her friend went to a residential hotel at Banani to attend the birthday party of Shafat on March 28.
The two prime accused-Shafat and Nayem-confined them to two rooms of the hotel at gunpoint after the rooftop birthday party was over at midnight. The two girls were made to drink liquor before being raped. Shafat raped the plaintiff while Nayem her friend.
Shafat’s driver Billal filmed the incident, she said in the FIR adding that they got introduced with Shafat and Nayem through Shadman Shakif.
