Youth sent to jail over rape in Netrokona

Mon Jul 28, 2025 02:43 AM

A Netrokona court yesterday sent a man to jail on charges of raping a woman in Kalmakanda upazila on July 22.

The accused, Anwar Sheikh, 28, was produced before the magistrate at around 2:30pm, said Court Inspector Md Mofiz Uddin Sheikh.

He is a resident of Barkhapon union in the upazila.

Earlier, Kalmakanda police arrested him in a rape case filed with the police station.

According to police and victim’s family, the accused lived with his family in a rented house next to the victim’s house. On Tuesday, around 12:30pm, when other members of the victim’s family were not at home, Anwar allegedly threatened her at gunpoint and raped her. He also threatened to kill her if she told anyone.

The housewife later informed her family, and as the news spread in the locality, angry locals started looking for Anwar. After going into hiding for a few days, Anwar was spotted on Saturday afternoon near the sub-registry office. Locals detained him and informed the police, who then took him into custody.

The victim later filed a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000 with the Kalmakanda Police Station, after which police showed Anwar Sheikh as arrested in the case.

Kalmakanda Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Lutfor Rahman said, “A case was filed last night regarding the rape. After showing the accused as arrested in the case, he was produced before the court today, and the court ordered him to be sent to jail.”