Police have arrested three young men over the rape of a teenage girl in Rupganj, Narayanganj. They were arrested in the Moikuli area of Tarabo municipality on Friday night (2 October).
Those arrested are Nadim Hossain, 22, son of Redwan; Sihab Hasan, 21, son of Shukkur Ali; and Emon Mia, 19, son of Zahirul Islam, all of Gandharbapur in Rupganj.
According to police, the girl went for a motorcycle ride to Purbachal with a male friend on Friday afternoon. On their way home at around 11pm, three young men she knew stopped the motorcycle in the Gandharbapur area of Tarabo municipality and forced them into an abandoned building nearby. They locked her friend in a room and took turns raping her, police said.
The accused then demanded a Tk 50,000 ransom from her friend. He managed to get out on the pretext of fetching the money and called the national emergency service 999. Police went to the scene, rescued the girl and arrested the three.
Rupganj police station officer-in-charge AHM Salauddin said a case had been filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act and the arrested men had been sent to a court in Narayanganj.
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