Two held on rape charge

26 December 2009, 17:00 PM

UNB, Kushtia

Police arrested two people on charge of violating a girl at Sonapur Naupara village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday. Police said Dulal, 32, son of Fikir Ali and Abbas, 48, son of Mohammad Ali entered the house of neighbour Zamir Pagla in his absence on the night of December 16. They later forcibly took his young daughter to a nearby jungle and violated her after tying up her hands, legs and mouth. Victim's father informed the matter to Sadar police on the same night and the police station directed the nearby Alampur police camp to investigate the incident. Locals said, police of the camp and the village elders in an arbitration on December 17 fined the culprits Tk 5 lakh for violating the girl. But later the village elders allegedly gave only Tk 40,000 to the victim's father. Police Superintendent Shahabuddin Khan was informed about the rape incident and as per his directive police arrested the two alleged culprits. Meanwhile, the victim filed a case against the two alleged rapists and 12 village elders.