Noakhali gang-rape: Accused Saju, 2 others remanded

A court in Noakhali today placed another accused, Saju, on a six-day remand in connection with the gang-rape of a woman in Begumgunj upazila of Noakhali.

The court also put two others -- Noor Hosen Rasel (30), and Sohag (21) -- on two-day remands each, said Harunur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Begumganj Police Station.

Masfiqul Haque, judge of the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Noakhali cognizance court-3, passed the order after Begumganj Police Station Inspector Mostak Ahmed, also investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court, said the OC.

Saju of East Eklashpur village, the fifth accused in the case filed over the incident, was arrested from Shahbagh area in Dhaka yesterday (October 6) and Rasel and Sohag were arrested by police from Eklashpur village in the upazila last night, our Noakhali correspondent reports quoting the OC.

Rasel and Sohag are not mentioned in the case statement, said Md Alamgir Hosen, superintendent of police of Noakhali.

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