Woman shackled, raped for 25 days: Police arrest four accused
Police have arrested four persons including a woman in a case filed over gang-raping a 23-year-old woman after shackling her in a Mohammadpur flat for 25 days.
The arrestees are Saan, 26, Rocky, 29, Himel, 27, and Salma alias Jhumur.
They were arrested from different areas in Dhaka last night and early today, HM Azimul Haque, deputy commissioner of Tejgaon Division Police, said during a press briefing at his office.
They carried out inhuman torture and raped her until she was rescued on Saturday after she managed to get the attention of locals by screaming, the DC said.
The police official said the accused used to film the rape scenes. Police suspected that the videos were meant for selling to pornography rackets abroad.
The DC said a barrister first developed a love affair with the woman several years ago and raped her after promising to marry her.
She was confined at different messes and houses. Lastly, the victim was taken to the rented house in Mohammadpur where the other accused chained her and raped her for 25 days.
The barrister, who is said to be abroad now, employed accused Salma to guard the victim at the flat, the DC said. Police are looking for the barrister.
"If he stays abroad, we will seek assistance from Interpol to bring him back," he said.
Earlier, the victim filed a case with Mohammadpur Police Station against the four accused.
According to the FIR, the female accused introduced her to Saan. They hung out on February 21 and on February 23, the three men visited the victim's flat around 4:30pm.
According to the FIR, Saan entered the victim's room and tried to establish a sexual relationship with her. After being refused, he promised to marry her and then raped her, the FIR read.
The three then left for the day.
Saan returned on February 27 and raped her again.
On March 5, the trio returned to the victim's flat around 2:30pm.
The victim said after her roommate left to buy food "Saan asked me to close my eyes, saying he has a surprise for me. I did so, and they tied my hands, feet, taped my mouth and blindfolded me".
Saan and Rocky then left, leaving Himel to guard her. Himel then raped her, the victim said in the FIR.
Saan and Rocky returned with chains. During her captivity, the group would show her pornography and force her to act those while they took footage, said the victim in her FIR.
"On March 30, I realised that they had left me alone in the house at night. I took the chance to scream for help and people passing by heard my cries and called 999," she said.
The OC said that they are trying to identify the accused and conducting drives to arrest them.