Police have arrested six people, including the prime suspect, in the gang rape of two Garo school girls in Mymensingh.The teenagers were raped on the night of December 27 in the district’s Haluaghat upazila while they were returning from a wedding.On December 30, the victims’ families filed a case against 10 people.Suspects arrested in Mymensingh rape Dhaka TribuneOC Shafiqul Islam of the Detective Branch said on Saturday that the arrests were made during overnight raids.“The Detective Branch arrested five people named in the case while the sixth suspect was arrested by RAB [Rapid Action Battalion],” he said. They are, prime suspect Riyad, Sharif Mia, Mizanur Rahman, Mia Hossain, Abdul Hamid and Rokon Mia. All of them aged between 19 and 22 years.Mymensingh’s Superintendent of Police Ahmar Uzzaman said that raids are underway to arrest the remaining suspects.“We have been conducting raids since the case was filed three days after the incident,” said the district police chief.
Six arrested over gang rape of Garo girls in Mymensingh
The victims’ families named 10 people in the case started over the Dec 27 incident
Police have arrested six people, including the prime suspect, in the gang rape of two Garo school girls in Mymensingh.
The teenagers were raped on the night of December 27 in the district’s Haluaghat upazila while they were returning from a wedding.
On December 30, the victims’ families filed a case against 10 people.
OC Shafiqul Islam of the Detective Branch said on Saturday that the arrests were made during overnight raids.
“The Detective Branch arrested five people named in the case while the sixth suspect was arrested by RAB [Rapid Action Battalion],” he said.
They are, prime suspect Riyad, Sharif Mia, Mizanur Rahman, Mia Hossain, Abdul Hamid and Rokon Mia. All of them aged between 19 and 22 years.
Mymensingh’s Superintendent of Police Ahmar Uzzaman said that raids are underway to arrest the remaining suspects.
“We have been conducting raids since the case was filed three days after the incident,” said the district police chief.