Our Correspondent :
A hearing impaired teenage girl has reportedly been gang-raped by six criminals, including a village policeman, in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur.
Police said the incident took place at Syedpur village under Subidpur Pashchim union of the upazila on January 11 evening. Besides, police arrested Titu, 20, Shipon, 25, Ripon, 45, and village police member Malek Sardar, 55, for their alleged involvement in the rape.The law enforcement say six men were involved in the incident that took place in Subidpur West Union.
Faridganj Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Shahid Hossain said the arrestees were produced before the court in the afternoon.
OC Shahid said the 15-year-old victim went out to buy medicine from her house on Jan 11. Titu, who lives in the same house, took her to a nearby bush on his auto-rickshaw and raped her.
Later, he took her Subidpur West Union Parishad building premises where six men raped the girl. Apart from Titu, police named Malek, Shipon, Abu Bakar Siddik Prakash, Mijanur Rahman Ripon and another yet unidentified man.
Later, some youths, including Ripon, took the girl to another bush and gang raped her there. Locals rescued the victim and sent her home.
When the victim informed her family about her ordeal, a group of locally influential people tried to resolve the matter.
Faridgangj police intervened after learning about the incident. Titu, Shipon, Ripon and Malek were arrested between Monday and Tuesday.
Around noon, the victim’s mother filed a rape case with Faridganj police accusing six men.
OC Shahid said they are trying to arrest the other two suspects.
