An 18-year-old schoolgirl has been gang raped by three youths at Shaheednagar of Lalbagh in Old Dhaka.
Lalbagh police station Inspector (Investigation) Paritosh Chandra confirmed the incident to the Dhaka Tribune.
The police official said the victim is a Class IX student at a school in Mirpur 1 and she resides in Darussalam area of Mirpur.
Meanwhile, police detained two persons including Sujan, the girl’s boy friend, for interrogation, in connection to the incident.
Another Saikat Islam Rana was detained from Shaheed Nagar area.
Sujan, a bus driver of Janjabil Paribahan on the Babubazar-Gabtoli route, took the girl to one of his uncle’s house at Kamrangirchar on Tuesday evening.
On way to Mirpur, they stopped at Shaheed Nagar of Lalbagh where Sujan resides to drink water from a nearby shop. Meanwhile, the girl was abducted by three unidentified youths.
After drinking water, Sujan went to the girl but was not found. Later, he informed the matter to Lalbagh police.
Police, in a drive, rescued the girl from the roof top of a five-storey under-construction building in the area around 4:45am, the police official said.
The girl said the three youths raped her on the roof top of the building.
The victim was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for medical checkup at 1:30pm, Sujan told the Dhaka Tribune.
Drives are underway to arrest the culprits, added Paritosh.