MC College gangrape accused and Chhatra League activists Tarequl Islam Tareque and Mahfuzur Rahman Masum on Sunday gave confessional statements to a court in Sylhet under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman recorded their confessional statements from 3:00pm to 6:15pm.
Earlier at about 2:30pm, they were taken to the court
of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman amid stringent security measures. They were placed on a five-day remand each on Tuesday last. As their remand was over on Sunday, they were produced before the court.
Meanwhile, six other accused in the case gave their statements to the magistrates under Section 164 on Friday and Saturday confessing their guilts. They were Saifur Rahman, Arjun Laskar, Rabiul Islam, Shah Md Mahbubur Rahman Rony, Md Rajon and Ainuddin.
At night on Friday last (September 25), the woman was gang-raped allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men at the MC College hostel in Sylhet.
A group of six to seven culprits dragged the woman into the dormitory and raped her after beating and tying up her husband when the couple went to visit the college at Tilagarh area in the evening.
Being informed, police rescued the couple from the dormitory area around 10:30 pm and admitted the victim to the One-Stop Crisis Centre at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital.
On the following day, the victim’s husband filed a case at the Shah Paran Police Station accusing nine people, including six BCL men.
The accused included MC College BCL leaders Shah Md Mahbubur Rahman Rony, 25 and M Saifur Rahman, 28, BCL leaders Tareq, 28, Arjun Laskar, 25, Rabiul Islam, 25 and Mahfuzur Rahman Masum, 25, from outside the college
After the incident, police raided the dormitory and seized some local and foreign-made arms.
All the accused in the case were subsequently arrested and are now in police custody. They were arrested from different places in Sylhet, Sunamganj, and Habiganj. Later, they were sent to remand through court.
