18-yr-old abducted, raped for a week
Wed Mar 26, 2025 01:45 AM
A 25-year-old man was yesterday arrested in a case filed over the abduction and rape of an 18-year-old girl in Manikganj’s Shibalaya upazila.
Hridoy Hossain, a local, allegedly confined her for a week.
The victim has been admitted to the Manikganj 250-bed District Hospital.
Later, doctors referred her to the National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital in Dhaka, as she suffered severe mental trauma.
The victim’s brother filed a case with the Manikganj Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal on Sunday accusing Hridoy, and his two brothers — Jasim Uddin, 33, and Sujon Mia, 30.
The tribunal later directed the Shibalaya police to record it as a case.
Shibalaya Police Station Officer-in-Charge Kamal Hossain said Hridoy was arrested yesterday morning. The two other accused are absconding.
According to the case and the victim’s family, Hridoy, who is married, used to harass the victim on her way to and from school.
The girl’s family complained about the issue to Hridoy’s two elder brothers, but to no avail.
On March 13, around 8:30pm, when the victim went out of the house to use the washroom, Hridoy, drugged and abducted her. Later, when she regained consciousness, she found herself in a room in an unknown location.
There, he held a knife to the victim’s throat, raped her, and recorded it. He threatened to kill her and post the videos on social media if she tried to escape or tell anyone about the rape.
The victim was raped multiple times after being held captive for about a week.
On the afternoon of March 19, Hridoy’s brother Jasim called the victim’s brother on his phone and asked him to pick up his sister. Then, the girl was rescued from Hridoy’s house in a critical condition by her relatives and admitted to the upazila health complex, according to the case statement.
Later, she was admitted to the Manikganj 250-bed District Hospital.
