4 held for 'raping' woman

Joydebpur police have arrested four men in connection with gang rape of a woman in Gazipur.

The arrestees are Arab Ali, 32, of Gazipur; Monir Hossain, 34, of Gopalgonj; Kawsar Ali, 20, of Tangail; and Mofazzal Hossain, 30, of Kurigram.

On Saturday night, police raided Baimail area in Gazipur and arrested Monir and Kawsar. Mofazzal and Arab were arrested at Konabari the next morning.

The rape incident took place on Thursday night, said Additional Police Super (Sadar Circle) Sakhawat Hossain, of Gazipur.

The victim was coming back home from Chandana Chowrasta by an auto rickshaw when the four men forced her to get down. They then took her to a boat anchored in a water body in Baimail and raped her. She was set free on Friday morning, the police officer said.

The victim told the incident to her husband and filed a case against the rapists.

Inspector Mobarak Hossain said that in primary interrogations the arrestees confessed to raping the woman. The victim was sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College for medical tests.

The victim used to work in a readymade garment unit in Mouchak, Gazipur and her husband is a van puller.

Losing her job, she went to consult with her sister living at Chandana Chowrasta about new jobs, on the day she was raped.