A teenage girl was gang-raped in a city hotel in Rajshahi early yesterday allegedly by her boyfriend and some other people.
The girl, aged around 14, was admitted to the One Stop Crisis Centre of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in the morning in a critical condition.
Police said the girl was brought to the hospital on a three-wheeler around 7am. The police detained the driver of the vehicle, Roni, for questioning.
The victim, who lives in Amnura area of Rajshahi’s Nachol, had an affair with a carpenter named Khokon, son of Abul Hossain from Rajbari area of the district’s Godagari, police said.
Khokon had lured the girl to the city on Wednesday evening, promising her of marriage.
Quoting the victim, RMCH Police Outpost In-Charge Assistant Sub-Inspector Morshed Alam said that after she reached the city, Khokon checked in Bhai Bhai Residential Hotel in the city. Later, she was gang-raped by some men including Khokon the whole night, Morshed said.
He suspects that the hotel staff were also involved in the incident.
Boalia police station Officer-in-Charge Shahdat Hossain said Khokon registered themselves as husband and wife while booking the hotel room.
He has been absconding since the incident.
SI Nazma Khatun of the One Stop Crisis Centre told the Dhaka Tribune last night that the girl had undergone a surgery but was yet to gain consciousness.