5 held over rape of teen
Lalmonirhat | Fri Feb 28, 2025 12:00 AM
Police yesterday arrested five people in connection with the rape of a teenage girl in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram.
The arrestees are Mainul Haque, 22, Hasanur Rahman, 20, Yakub Ali, 24, Lal Mia, 40, and Sohel Rana, 21.
The five were arrested from different areas after a rape case was filed against them with Phulbari Police Station on Wednesday noon, said Mamunur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Phulbari Police Station.
Quoting the case statement, the OC said Mainul, one of the five alleged rapists, had an affair with the girl. Mainul called her out of the house on Wednesday. He took her to a garden, where he and his four accomplices raped her.
Hearing her screams, locals rescued and admitted her to a local health complex.
OC Mamunur said the victim has been sent to a hospital.
