The Cox’s Bazar unit of Bangladesh Chhatra Union on Thursday demanded that the authorities arrest the culprits, who gang raped a tourist after taking her husband and eight-month-old child to hostage, within 48 hours.
Leaders of the leftist organization also demand that security be beefed up in the tourist city to end all sorts of crimes and harassment.
They brought out a torch procession from Laldighi area of the town in the evening.
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The procession was followed by a protest rally, when the demonstrators threatened to wage tougher movement if the rapists were not arrested within 48 hours.
On Thursday, a woman was gang-raped by three men after going to Cox’s Bazar on a trip with her husband and their child.
Quoting the woman, RAB said the family went to Laboni Beach on Tuesday afternoon where the husband and a stranger got into an altercation after bumping into one another.
Then in the evening, some men picked up the husband and the child in an autorickshaw. Meanwhile, three others took the woman to a secluded place and raped her, threatening her that they would kill her husband and their child.
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Later, they took her to Zia Guest Inn and raped her in turn once again. The three men then threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the rape and locked the door from outside before leaving the place.
RAB rescued the survivor around 2am on Thursday and sent her to the Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital one-stop crisis centre for treatment.
Law enforcers have so far identified two of the alleged rapists, Ariful Islam Ashique and Abdur Rahman Joy from CCTV footage at the hotel.