UNB, Bogra :
A court here on Sunday placed a local Sramik League leader and two of his associates on a three-day demand in two cases filed for reportedly raping a girl and torturing her along with her mother in the district town.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Abdullah Al Mamun passed the order after Inspector (Operation) of Sadar Police Station Abul Kalam Azad, also investigation officer of the cases, produced them before the court seeking a seven-day remand for them, said Additional Police Super (Media) Sanatan Chakrawarty.
Police arrested Tufan Sarkar, convener of the town unit of Sramik League, and his three associates-Rupom, Ali Azam and Atikur Rahman-on Friday night over the incident.
The IO, however, did not seek remand for Atiqur as he gave a confessional statement before a court on Friday night under section of 164, the police officer said.
Atique narrated before the court how Tufan raped the girl and tried to hush up the incident.
On July 17, Tufan took the girl to his house at Badurtala in the district town promising to arrange her admission into a local college and raped her there.
As the girl went to the house of female councillor of Bogra municipality Marzia Akhter Rumki, also younger sister of Tufan’s wife Ayesha Akhter, seeking justice, his supporters-Atiqur, Rupom and Azam-picked the girl up along with her mother from their house at Namajgarh in the town and took them to the house of Tufan on Friday noon.
Tufan, his wife, Marzia and his mother-in-land allegedly beat the girl and her mother with sticks while three Sramik League men shaved their heads. Later, the girl’s mother filed two cases against 10 people, including Tufan, his wife and sister-in-law, with the Sadar Police Station on Friday night.
Police arrested Tufan and his three associates from different areas of the district town soon after the filing of the cases.
Meanwhile, policemen were deployed at the hospital where the girl and her mother were undergoing treatment for ensuring their security, said officer-in-charge of the police station Emdad Hossain. “We’re trying to arrest the rest of the accused.”
Besides, Deputy Commissioner of Bogra Noor-e-Alam Siddiqui visited them at the hospital on Sunday when he announced to bear the cost of their treatment.
Talking to reporters, the DC said they also formed a three-member probe committee, led by Additional District Magistrate Abdus Samad, to look into the incident.
General Secretary of district Sramik League Samsuddin Sheikh Helal said they have already suspended Tufan from the organisation.
