UNB, Dhaka :
An accused in a rape case accused allegedly committed suicide while in custody in Rupnagar Police Station in the city on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Kawser, 19.
Police received information over emergency call service ‘999’ on Thursday midnight that local people of Duarypara area detained a ‘rapist’, said Shah Alam, officer-in-charge of the police station.
Based on the information, a police team went there and rescued the youth aged around 24 years and the victim, he added.
Later, the victim filed a case with the police station, he said.
An accused in a rape case accused allegedly committed suicide while in custody in Rupnagar Police Station in the city on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Kawser, 19.
Police received information over emergency call service ‘999’ on Thursday midnight that local people of Duarypara area detained a ‘rapist’, said Shah Alam, officer-in-charge of the police station.
Based on the information, a police team went there and rescued the youth aged around 24 years and the victim, he added.
Later, the victim filed a case with the police station, he said.
The girl was sent to the One Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the OC said adding that Kawser was kept under police custody.
On-duty police suddenly noticed that Kawser was hanging with the iron door of the ‘hajat khana’ with his shirt, he said.
The incident might be taken place between 8:15 am and 8:25 am on Friday, said the official.
He was rushed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital where the duty doctors declared him dead.
