Teenage girl gang-raped
A teenage girl was gang-raped in Richang Jharna area under Matiranga upazila of the district on Wednesday evening and police arrested a youth in this connection.
The victim is daughter of Tainghala Marma of Hatimura area in Manikchhari upazila.
Arrestee Shankar Chandra Shil, 25, is son of Sukumar Chandra Shil from Doctortila area of Guimara union under the same upazila.
Officer in-charge (OC) of Matiranga police station Mizanur Rahman said, the girl went to visit Richang Jharna area with her friend Shankar on Wednesday evening.
Shankar with his two friends took the girl to a nearby jungle in a planned way and raped her.
Hearing the hue and cry, locals rushed to the spot, rescued the girl and caught Shankar red-handed while the rest two managed to flee, the OC said.
After primary interrogation, the victim was sent to Khagrachhari Adhunik Sadar Hospital for medical test. She filed a case with Matiranga police station in this regard, the OC added.
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