3 arrested over rape of college girl in Barisal

Police yesterday arrested three men on charges of raping a female college student in Barisal.

The accused are Rayhan Mollick Bappy and two of his accomplices named Manik and Sajib, said the law enforcers.

Acting on information, a team from Barisal Kotwali Police Station, led by Sub Inspector Tipu Sultan, arrested prime suspect Bappy, 25, in BISIC area of the city around 2:30pm, Sub-inspector Asad, officer-in-charge (investigation) of the police station, told The Daily Star.

The other two were arrested later based on information gleaned from Bappy, he said.

A friend of the girl said, ”The victim is a class-XII student at a girls' college.

She gave me her practical notebook as I was helping her with some drawings for a lab class.

“She came to the mess where I live around 10:50am today [yesterday] to collect the copy back but I was not there. She called me on my mobile phone and by the time I arrived, Bappy and two other men went there and picked her up. I informed police about it immediately.

SI Tipu Sultan said the three arrestees allegedly took the girl to nearby Sikdar Villa, and doped her before “gang raping” her.

He said the girl told them that she was “tortured”.

Police sent her to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College hospital for tests and treatment, he added.

PRESS CONFERENCE

SM Ruhul Amin, police commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police, confirmed the incident and arrest of the three suspects.

He was speaking at a press briefing at Kotwali Model Police Station last night.

“Bappy and Manik have already confessed their involvement in the crime,” he added.

The commissioner said there were at least seven cases against Bappy and that he has criminal records.

A case would be filed, he said.