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10 held for rape, acid attack

11 July 2009, 17:00 PM

Staff Corespondent, Sylhet

Companiganj police arrested 10 people in two separate cases of gang rape and acid attack. They were sent to the jail Friday afternoon. Police said, six miscreants broke into the house of Abdul Quadir at village Telikhal Lamadeksi and allegedly raped his wife Rabeya Begum, 25, early Thursday. Quadir who was out of the house that night, on Friday morning filed a case under Women and Children Repression Elimination Act. The same day police arrested Zafar Miah, Asabuddin, Ebadur Rahman, Nuruzzaman, Rais Uddin and Nizamuddin on rape charge. In the other incident, four people were held on Thursday night on charge of hurling acid on three stone quarry labourers at Aziruddin's colony in Dayarbazaer area early July 7. Arrestees are Zainal Abedin, his brothers Farid Uddin, Azir Uddin and Dulal Miah.