RMG worker 'gang-raped' in Savar

A female garment worker has allegedly been gang-raped by her ex-boyfriend and three other youths in Hemayetpur area of Savar on the outskirts of the capital.

Rahim Mia, 25, of Tatuljhara, and the victim, aged around 22, had a relationship but they broke up a few months ago. Still, the girl was in contact with him. Lately, she had been going through a financial crisis.

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On Tuesday afternoon, the girl called Rahim over phone and asked him to lend her some money. In reply, he told her to come and meet him in a house in Tatuljhara area, said police, quoting her.

Around 7:00pm, Rahim took her to that house where the three other youths were hiding. At one point, the four accused forced her into a room, tied her hands and mouth with rope and then raped her throughout the night, said police.

The next morning the girl somehow managed to flee and went straight to the Savar Model Police Station. There, she filed a rape case against the four accused.

SM Kamruzzaman, officer in-charge of the police station, said the girl was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for a medical test.

Police were investigating and were trying to arrest the accused, he said.