Bogra student rape: Woman councillor, mother held in Pabna

Detectives arrested a woman councillor and her mother this evening for torturing the Bogra female student, who was reportedly raped by Sramik League leader Tufan Sarker yesterday.

A team of detective branch (DB) of police arrested Bogra municipality woman councillor Marzia Hasan Rumki and her mother Rumi from a house in Pabna Sadar town around 7:30 pm, Bogra district police Additional SP Sanatan Chakrabarty told The Daily Star.

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Bogra town Sramik League convenor Tufan Sarker abducted the female student from her home, raped her and then asked his party cadres and the woman councillor to make sure everything was hushed up.

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They, in their attempt to muffle the victim, picked up the student and her mother, tortured them for four hours and then shaved their heads.

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The victim’s mother filed a rape and torture case against 10 people, including Tufan, his wife Asha Sarkar, and Asha's elder sister and woman councillor Rumki.

Police on Friday night arrested four accused including Tufan in the case. Today, a Bogra court placed three of them on a three-day remand for each as another accused gave confessional statement before the magistrate.

Earlier, Bogra district Sramik League suspended Tufan over the rape allegation.

A three-member probe body led by Additional Deputy Magistrate Abdus Samad Pradhan has also been formed to investigate the incident.