3 gang-raped in Pabna

Three women, including a mother and her daughter, were reportedly gang raped on Wednesday night in Chatmohar upazila.

Two of the victims are workers at a garment factory in Ashulia in Dhaka and they all are residents of Rashid Colony in the same area.

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The incident took place about a week after the two women, aged between 25 and 30, along with one of their teenaged daughter, came to visit a former mutual female co-worker in Rampur village under Haripur union of the upazila, said Ekramul Haque, officer-in-charge of Chatmohar Police Station.

"We have initial information that the victims were gang raped. We'll have confirmation [of the crime] after we get medical report," he added.

A group of criminals, 5 to 10 in number, reportedly kidnapped the three from the house they were visiting and raped them after taking them to Gojargari Beel area, the OC said, quoting locals.

Two wives, one being the hostess, of an overseas migrant worker lived in the house where the victims were visiting, locals said, adding that none of them was at home at the time of the incident.

OC Ekram told this correspondent that one of the victims filed a case with Chatmohar Police Station yesterday morning, accusing five named and several other unknown attackers.

The victims were sent to Pabna Medical College Hospital for medical examination and, in the meantime, police detained the two women of the household for interrogation, he also said.