A 38-year-old mentally challenged woman was raped while seeking relief in Titas upazila of Comilla.
Local residents detained six accused from Daskandi Bazar in the Vitikandi union in connection with the incident.
The arrestees are Ali Nur, 45, the alleged head of the relief distribution team from Porakandi village in Vitikandi Union, Babu, 40, from Chokerbari area, auto-rickshaw driver Idan Mia, 25, from Haripur village, Arif Hossain, 30, Nur Mohammad, 25, from Daskandi, and Bidyut Majumdar, 35, from the same area.
The victim was sent to Comilla Medical College Hospital for a medical test on Saturday.
Titas police station Officer-in-Charge(OC) Kazi Nazmul Haque confirmed.
According to locals, the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when the mentally challenged woman went to Daskandi Bazar for relief, where she was taken to a secluded spot and raped.
The incident came to light when student activists informed the coordinators of the anti dicrimination students movement.
On Friday morning, Ali Nur, along with five others, was called to Daskandi Bazaar, where they confessed to the crime. The accused were then tied to a tree, and the police were notified. The police later took them into custody.
On Friday night, the victim's sister-in-law filed a case with Titas police station, naming the six detained individuals and accusing three others whose identities remain unknown.