7 held over rape, abduction and murder of teen
Local BNP leader expelled
1 March 2026, 02:47 AM
Seven people have so far been arrested in connection with the abduction, rape and killing of a teenage girl in Narsingdi’s Madhabdi upazila of Narsingdi.
The prime accused, Nur Mohammad, 28, locally known as Nura, was arrested from Gazipur, and Hazrat Ali, 40, from Mymensingh on Friday night. The rest were arrested on throughout Thursday and Friday, said police.
All the arrestees were sent to jail through the courts. Police sought a 10-day remand for each of the accused, said Narsingdi Superintendent of Police Md Abdullah-Al-Faruk.
“The hearing on the remand petitions will be held tomorrow [today],” he told reporters at press conferencea press conference at his office yesterday.
Four of the arrestees were directly involved in the rape, he said, adding that the other three allegedly tried to hush up the incident through a local arbitration , he said.
Additional SP Anwar Hossain Shamim said Nur was planning to flee from Bangladeshthe country illegally to avoid arrest.
On Thursday morning, police recovered the body of the 15-year-old, Amena Akter, from a cropland in the upazila. There was a scarf wrapped around the neck.
The victim’s mother, Fahima Begum, filed a case with Madhabdi Police Station on Thursday night.
Earlier, the girl’s father, Ashraf Ali, alleged that Nurul and four to five associates abducted her on her way home and raped her.
“After that, Nur kept stalking my daughter. Feeling insecure, we decided to send her to a safer place,” he said, adding that on Wednesday night, he was taking his daughter to a relative’s house when Nurul and his associates intercepted them around 10:00pm in Boroitala area and abducted her.
Meanwhile, Ahmed Ali Dewan, who was earlier arrested in the case, was expelled from his position as vice president of Mahishashur union BNP on Friday.
Amena’s family claimed they went to Ahmad Ali Dewan, who was a former member of the union parishad, to seek justice when the rape incident took place.
“Then, he arranged a Salish [social arbitration] to settle the issue. But he did not take any action against the rapists. Instead, he advocated for the rapists and shifted the blame on my daughter. He asked us to leave the area by March 1,” Fahima told journalists yesterday.
She further alleged, “Ahmad Ali made the decision after taking a Tk 8,000 bribe from the rapists. We were also threatened in many ways to suppress the incident.”
Ashraf said, “We rejected the decision and attempted to file a complaint with police. But we were threatened with death.”
Ahmed Ali denied mediating any arbitration and said he was not home when the family came to see him that night.
About the allegation, SP Faruk said it was being investigated.
