6 held for rape of 10th grader in Gaibandha

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by multiple assaulters in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj upazila early today and six people, including an underaged boy, were detained in connection with the case.

AKM Mehedi Hasan, officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj Police Station, said the 10th grader had "eloped" with the boy on a motorcycle from her residence in Naovanga village around 12:30am on Monday.

Five men of the same village stopped them and took them to a house belonging to one of the five and raped the girl there, the OC said.

The two minors were set free around 2:00am after which they went to the police station around 3:00am to report the incident, the OC said. "We immediately conducted a raid at the village and arrested all the accused."

The arrestees are Anamul Haque, 30, Md Rezaul, 32, Md Dhalu, 27, Md Sumon Mia, 23, and Saddam alias Sujan Kazi.

Police arrested the boy, also a minor, on suspicion that he knew the perpetrators and seemed to have knowingly wasted time while refuelling his vehicle, allowing the abductors to come to the scene.

Later, the victim filed a case against the accused, including the boy, said the OC.

The victim was sent to Gaibandha General Hospital for medical test and the accused were sent to Gaibandha to be produced before a court, he added.