A woman has been allegedly gang-raped by some four to five attackers, who assaulted and tied up her husband in Khulna on Friday.
The incident took place around 9:30pm near the Tetultala railway crossing in the Khanjahan Ali locality of the city, when the couple was passing through the area, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Prabir Kumar Biswas of Khanjahan Ali police station.
The alleged rapists forcibly dragged the couple to a garage, where they tied up the man with a rope and took turns to rape the 24-year-old woman. Her ordeal continued for nearly an hour -- all this while, her helpless husband watched in horror, he said.
Based on the woman's complaint, an FIR for gang-rape was lodged against the four men -- identified as Kamrul, Jibon, Summon and Ala -- at Khanjahan Ali police station on Saturday morning.
Among them, Kamrul, the son of the garage owner A Malek, has been arrested, said the OC.
"The woman is recuperating at the one-stop crisis centre of Khulna Medical College and Hospital," said Khulna Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Md Abu Zafar. "Efforts are on to nab the perpetrators of the heinous crime."
