MC College Rape: Court records victim’s statement

A Sylhet court has recorded statement of the victim who was gang-raped in MC College on Friday.

She was produced before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Court No 3 around 1:30pm on Sunday where she gave her statement to Judge Sharmin Khanom Mila, said Amullo Bhushon Chowdhury, assistant commissioner (prosecution) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police.

A group of youth tied the victim’s husband and raped the girl at the college dormitory on Friday night. Police rescued her around 10:30pm.

The accused were said to be leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League student front.


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The victim’s husband filed a case at Shah Poran police station in the early hours of Saturday.

On Sunday morning, police arrested the prime suspect and another accused in the case.


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MC College students erupted in protests as words about the incident got out. Chhatra League’s Dhaka University unit staged a protest rally on the campus in the morning demanding exemplary punishment for the rape suspects.