Md Joynal Abedin Khan :
The sensational rape case, which was filed in connection with the violation of a mother of four for allegedly voting ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ in Charjubli Union of Subarnachar upazila in Noakhali district, was handed over to the Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Sunday afternoon.
The DB Inspector Zakir Hossain has been appointed to investigate the case to probe the incident, Md Ilias Sharif, Superintendent of Police (SP) of the district, told The New Nation on Sunday evening.
The detectives will grill seven persons who were taken remand for five days following a court order delivered on Sunday, the SP said.
The case was handed over to DB as carrying the accused in Subarnachar far from 30 km away from the district court, the police official said. In the meantime, law enforcers arrested two more persons in connection with rape incident. They are Abul Hossain, 40, and Murad Hossain, 35, reports our Noakhali Correspondent quoting g Police.
Police also arrested another accused from Sultanpur area of Feni district on sunday night. The detained man has been identified as Salah Uddin. Following the latest arrest, the number of detainees in connection with the rape incident reached at 10, Police said.
Meanwhile, a Noakhali court on Sunday placed seven persons, including a former Awami League leader on five-day remand each in connection with the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali.
Judge of Cognisance Court-2 Nobonita Guha passed the order after police produced them before it around 1:00pm, our local correspondent reports quoting Ibrahim Khalil, Investigation officer of the case.
The remanded accused are AL leader Ruhul Amin, Salau uddin, Jasim Uddin alias Joissa, Hasan Ali Bhulo, Sohel, Swapan, Badsha Alam alais Basu, and Ibrahim Khalil.
The Awami League on Saturday expelled Ruhul Amin from the party for his alleged involvement in the gang-rape.
The decision came two days after police arrested Ruhul, the Publicity Affairs Secretary of Subarnachar AL, on charge of ordering his accomplices to rape the mother of four for voting for the “sheaf of paddy”-the BNP’s electoral symbol-in the election held on December 30.
Police arrested Ruhul, whose name was not mentioned in the first information report, from Wapda area in the district’s Sadar upazila on Thursday. He is also a former union parishad member.
On December 30, a 35-year-old mother, was gang-raped at Charjubli village in the upazila by a gang of 10-12 men allegedly being ordered by Ruhul Amin, after the General Election. Later, doctors treating the woman have found evidence of gang rape.
The woman’s husband, who filed a case against nine people with Charjabbar police station, said a group of miscreants-wielding firearms-barged into their home around midnight, tied him and his children up, forcefully took his wife away from their home, and gang-raped her.
The husband claimed they had attacked his wife because she had voted for the local BNP candidate in the 11th General Election held on December 30, 2018.
