An 18-year-old housewife has been gang-raped in the capital on Saturday.
The victim, along with her husband, came to visit her aunt in the capital's West Rampura area Saturday morning.
Four local youths, Sujan, Moyeen, Arif and Forhad, along with their associates entered the house and raped the girl while keeping her husband and aunt confined in another room, alleged the victim's aunt who works as a part-time domestic help.
The miscreants also stole Tk7,000 from the house and snatched away a gold chain and a gold ring from the victim, she added.
She told the Dhaka Tribune that her niece's husband worked as a construction worker in Chittagong and the couple lived in Chowdhurynagar area in the port city. They came to visit her Saturday morning.
“After I went out for work keeping my niece and her husband at home, four local criminals, Sujan, Moyeen, Arif and Forhad, entered my house with five to seven more men. Hearing the news I came back, but they confined me and my niece's husband in a separate room and raped my niece,” she described.
The woman is currently undergoing treatment at the One Stop Crisis Centre of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
“Hearing of the incident, Rampura police station Sub-Inspectors Mamun and Kai Ali Mahmud visited my house and collected evidence. But mysteriously they did not want to file any case at first. Keeping us waiting the whole day, finally they took the complaint in the evening. We took my niece to DMCH for treatment,” she said.
However, Mahbubur Rahman Tarafdar, officer-in-charge of Rampura police station, denied the allegation.
He said: “A case was filed and we are now trying to arrest the criminals.”
This correspondent informed Anwar Hossain, deputy commissioner of Motijheel police circle, about the victim's aunt's claims on the delay caused in filing the case.
The DC said: “We will definitely take action against those responsible, and if any police official was found aiding the perpetrators, they would be penalised as well.”