Stalker and cohorts beat up seven of victim's family
A stalker and his accomplices on Tuesday beat up seven members of a family at Ganganarayan village in Pirgachha upazila as they refused to withdraw a case filed against him in June this year.
Locals said Rabiul Islam, 22, son of Baker Uddin of the village, used to stalk Shahinur Begum, a second year student of Itakumari Shibchandra Roy College in the upazila, on her way to and from the collage for long.
As she informed her family members of the matter, they filed a case with
Pirgachha Police Station on June 7. Rabiul and his family asked Shahinur's father Fazar Haque, complainant of the case, several times to withdraw the case, but he refused to do so.
On Tuesday, when Shahinur along with her brother Lutfar Rahman, a teacher of the college, was going to the institution from their home at Ganganarayan village at around 9:00am, Rabiul and his accomplice swooped on them.
As they cried for help, family members rushed to spot. The gang physically assaulted Shahinur, her father Fazlur Karim, 60, brothers Lutfar Rahman, 36, Nur Mohammad, 30, and Shafiqul Islam, 22, Lutffar's wife Nazma Begum, 32, and Nur Mohammad's wife Rezia Khatun, 25.
Of them, Lutfar Rahman, Shafiqul Islam and Nur Mohammad were admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital while the rest to the upazila health complex.
Rawshan Mostafa, officer-in-charge of Pirgachha Police Station said the gang fled the village soon after the incident. “The drive is on to nab the culprits,” the OC added.
Meanwhile, a schoolgirl, abducted from Ghonirampur village under Taraganj upazila of Rangpur on August 27, was rescued from the same village on Monday night.
Police also arrested the abductor, Moslemin, 22, son of Fazlar Rahman of the village.
Moslemin and his six accomplices picked up the girl, a class VI student of Ghonirampur Barogola High School, while she was returning home from the school at around 4:00pm.
Victim's father filed an abduction case against seven people, including Moslemin, with Taraganj Police Station the same day.
Moslemin kept the girl confined at different villages and brought her to his house at Ghonirampur village on Monday night.
Acting on a tip-off, police led by Officer-in-Charge Krishna Kumar Sarkar of Taraganj Police Station raided the house the same night and rescued the girl. They also arrested Moslemin from there.
Moslemin was on Tuesday produced in a court that sent him to Rangpur Central Jail. The girl was sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for medical test.
Contacted, OC Krishna Kumar Sarkar said they are raiding different areas to arrest six other accused.
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