Sylhet Bureau :
The samples of six rapists, arrested in connection over the gang-rape of a young woman at MC College Hostel in Sylhet city, have been collected for DNA tests.
Their samples were collected at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital at 1:15 pm on Thursday. Osmani Medical College Hospital Deputy Director Dr. Himanshu Lal Roy confirmed the matter.
Earlier, six accused were brought to the hospital at around 1:00 pm amid tight security. After collecting the samples, they were taken back to Shah Paran Police Station at about 2:45 pm.
The six rapists gang-raped a housewife tying up her husband at the MC College Hostel in Sylhet city on Friday. Later, the husband filed a case against nine of them, naming six others.
The court granted remand to eight accused arrested in the incident for five days.
