Six held over gang rape of two teenage girls
Police in separate drives yesterday arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of two teenage girls in Chattogram city's Jalsha Market on Sunday night.
The arrestees and two others, still on the loose, gang raped the two girls -- one aged about 17 and the other 16 -- on the roof of Jalsha Market, said Mohammed Mohsin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station.
The arrestees are Abdul Awal, 30, Mohammad Faruk, 27, Mohammad Kabir, 27, Jahangir Alam, 24, Mohammad Bablu, 28, and Mohammad Selim, 35, while the two fugitives are Mohammad Enam, 20, and Mohammad Rubel, the OC said.
The 17-year-old was a former worker at a tailoring shop in the market and she along with the other girl came to Jayonti Borka House on Sunday noon to talk to its owner Rashed about a job offer, Inspector (Investigation) Mohammed Kamruzzaman of the police station told The Daily Star.
However, Dalim and Selim asked the girls to come back to the shop that evening and took the girls on the roof of the market after accusing them of stealing a mobile phone set.
Among the arrestees, Jahangir, an electrician of Jalsha Market, had the key to the roof where the crime took place, OC Mohsin said, adding that the other arrestees are hawkers.
The girls were raped for nearly two hours before being rescued, when family members of the girls went to the market looking for them, he said.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (South) Abdur Rauf said, “After their arrests, the girls identified all six, while Enam and Rubel managed to escape during the drive.”
The girls were sent to One Stop Crisis Centre at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
The six arrestees were sent to jail after they gave confessional statements before metropolitan magistrates, OC Mohsin said.
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