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ASI among 3 remanded in Rangpur schoolgirl gang-rape case
RANGPUR, Nov 4, 2020 (BSS) – A court here today placed Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Rahenul Islam on five-day remand and two others women on three-day remand each in connection with the gang-rape of a ninth-grade schoolgirl in Rangpur.
Judge Snigdha Rani Chakraborty of Rangpur Senior Judicial Magistrate Court granted Rahenul five-day remand and three-day remand for Sumaiya Akhter Meghla alias Aleya and Shurovi Akhter alias Sompati.
Investigating Officer (IO) of the case, Inspector Saiful Islam of Rangpur Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Thursday last produced accused Rahenul and two arrested women before the court and placed remand petition for seven-day each.
Rangpur PBI Superintendent of Police ABM Zakir Hossain confirmed granting of police remand for interest of the intensive investigation into the case.
Earlier, two other arrested accused in the case, Babul Hossain and Abul Kalam Azad, in their 164 confessional statement before the court on October 28 confessed their involvement in the gang rape and the court sent them to jail .
Police said ASI Rahenul of the Detective Branch of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) had a love affair with the victim schoolgirl of Mainakuthi Kachutari area under Haragachh Police Station in the metropolis.
ASI Rahenul tactfully took the schoolgirl to the rented house of one Sumaiya Akhter Meghla alias Aleya in Cigarette Company’s Kadar Pool area under Haragachh Police Station and raped her with the assistance of Meghla on October 23 last.
Later, Babul and Kalam raped the schoolgirl in the house with assistance of Meghla and her associate Shurovi on the night of following day.
The incident came to light when the student fell ill following her gang-rape.
Later, the victim’s father filed a case against Rahenul, Meghla and some unknown accused people in this connection with Haragachh Police Station of RpMP.
The case was transferred to the Rangpur PBI who arrested five persons from different parts of Rangpur and Lalmonirhat districts, police said.
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