Police have arrested four men in a case filed for raping a 19-year-old girl in Jhikargacha upazila of Jessore..
The arrestees are Yasin Arafat, 22, son of Mizanur Rahman; Javed Hossain, 28, son of Zakir Hossain; Mamun Hossain Bappi, 21, son of Shariful Islam; and Aminur Rahman, 20, son of Ujjal Hossain. All of them are from Patuyapara village of Godkhali Union Parishad (UP), said Jhikargacha police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Babulur Rahman Khan on Sunday.
The accused were arrested on Sunday evening using mobile tracking after police received a 999 call. The girl was also rescued from the crime scene, said the OC.
The incident occurred around 3:30pm on Sunday in a lychee orchard in the upazila.
According to police, the girl was returning from Benapole Khalabari when she got off at a flower shop owned by one of the accused, Aminur Rahman. There, she met the four men. Under the pretext of showing her a flower garden, they lured her to a lychee orchard owned by Javed Hossain, where they raped her.
Following the incident, Additional Superintendent of Police Noor-e-Alam Siddiqui and Navaran (Circle) ASP Nishat Al Nahiyaan visited the crime scene as part of the ongoing investigation.
