2 arrested over rape in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh

A girl last night filed a case against two youths on charge of rape and abetting rape, after promising of marriage, in Dhaka's Sabujbagh area.

Police arrested the accused -- the alleged rapist Sabuj Mia (32) and his accomplice Abdus Samad (35) -- after the 18-year old girl filed the case under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act with Sabujbagh Police Station.

The victim was sent to one-stop crisis centre at Dhaka Medical College Hospital this noon for medical test, said Sub-inspector Riaz Uddin Sarker of the police station.

The SI said the girl got acquainted with Sabuj through Facebook six months ago and developed a relationship with him.

On October 4, she went to his house after he promised to marry her. He kept her there and raped her several times till yesterday, the SI said quoting the case statement.

Sabuj gave various excuses when the girl asked him to marry her. She then filed the case where she mentioned Samad as Sabuj's accomplice, the police officer added.