Three students sent to jail in Patuakhali

A court yesterday sent to jail three students of Patuakhali Polytechnic Institute, who were arrested the day before on charge of raping a fellow female student and taking video of the scene.

The arrestees are Nazmul Haque alias Siam, 21, Saidur Rahman alias Joy, 21, and Tahsan, 22, all 5th semester students of Patuakhali Polytechnic Institute.

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"The three accused brought a 2nd semester female student of Patuakhali Polytechnic Institute to a house in Titas Cinema Hall area of Patuakhali town on Monday noon. There Tahsan raped the girl while two others captured the scene on camera," said SM Ziaul Haque, OC of Patuakhali Police Station.

They told the girl not to reveal the matter to anyone and threatened to publish the scene on the Internet.

Returning home, the victim told her family of the matter and the family members submitted a complaint to police.

On Tuesday noon, police arrested the three from Patuakhali town and also seized the camera and the laptop that were used in the act.

"Police produced the three to the court that ordered sending them to jail today [Wednesday]. We are taking lawful steps over the matter after proper investigation," the OC said.