A 22-year-old married woman has allegedly been raped at a kazi office in the capital's Moghbazar area on Tuesday.
The woman, who was reportedly violated by an assistant kazi when she came to collect her nuptial-document (Kabin nama), is now receiving treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
The alleged culprit is Nurul Huda, 55.
Quoting the victim, Sub-Inspector Jahirul Islam of Ramna police station said: “She went to the kazi office around 11am in order to collect her kabin nama. The culprit told her to wait at a room inside the kazi office and reportedly violated her.”
Later, the police arrested Nurul immediately after the woman filed a case against him with Ramna police station around 4:30pm.