Doctors of Tangail General Hospital today claimed to have found evidence of rape in forensic test of three schoolgirls who were assaulted after being held hostage in Ghatail upazila of the district on Sunday.

“We have found primary evidence of rape and we’ll be able to provide details after getting a complete report in this regard,” Dr Sadar Uddin, director of the hospital, told our Tangail correspondent this afternoon.

Police yesterday arrested four suspected criminals for their alleged involvement with the rape incident and of them, three were produced before a local court seeking permission for recording their statement.

Of the accused, the victims have identified Yousuf (25) and Babu (26), after seeing their photos, Amir Khasru, assistant superintendent of police (Gopalpur Circle), told The Daily Star.

Police, however, did not reveal identities of the other arrestees “for the sake of the investigation”.

Father of one of the victims filed a case with Ghatail Police Station against six to seven unnamed people.

According to the case statement, four girls and two boys were visiting Jharka forest area in the upazila on Sunday morning.

Some six to seven local youths held the group hostage and demanded ransom from their families.

As the families refused to pay, the perpetrators drove the two boys away and raped three of the girls, the statement said.