Police yesterday arrested two of a gang that allegedly raped a garments worker at the capital’s Mohammadpur on Saturday evening.
The alleged rapists were identified as Sagar, 22, a human haulier driver, and Monir, 23, a sales agent of a private company.
According to police and the family members of the victim, the 17-year-old worker of Azim Garments Factory in Mohammadpur, was raped by Sagar, Monir and one Babu when she was returning home at Rajdhani Housing area at around 7:30pm Saturday.
The victim’s elder sister said Sagar, Monir and Babu, who were identified miscreants in the locality, pounced on her sister as there was no electricity in the area during that time.
Later, the criminals fled the scene leaving the victim in a critical state.
Locals then rushed her to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital at around 2:30am.
The victim’s family members also said the alleged rapists, who also reside in the same area, had also been stalking the victim for the past several months.
Mohammadpur police station Officer-In-Charge Inspector Azizul Huq said a case was filed against the criminals and they already arrested two among the criminals.
Meanwhile at the Media Centre of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Abu Yusuf said among the criminals, Sagar was arrested at around 8:00am from Mohammadpur Dam area while Monir was picked up at around 1:00pm from Basundhara Shopping Mall area.
He said the detainees were being interrogation and police were now trying to arrest Babu.