Four sued for raping teacher

Four people were sued on Monday on charges of raping a school teacher at gunpoint last Thursday in Cox's Bazar.

Bedar Miah, 28, a resident of Sadar upazila's Chankhola village, was made the prime accused in the case, while the three others are unnamed.

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According to the case statement,Bedar Mia saw the victim at a wedding on August 18 at Malipara area in the upazila.

When she was returning home alone on a battery-run easy bike the next morning, Bedar and his accomplices intercepted the vehicle when she reached the Banglabazar bridge.

They then forced her at gunpoint to go to a nearby under-construction building, raped her, and then fled the scene.

On Monday night, the victim filed the case against the four with Cox's Bazar Sadar Model Police Station.

Md Selim Uddin, inspector (investigation) of the station, said they were trying to arrest the accused, all of whom are now absconding.

The victim's medical tests have already been completed, he added.

In a separate incident in Narayanganj, a female garment worker yesterday filed a rape case against Rahmatullah, 20, of Ulukanda village in Araihazar Upazila, police said.

According to the case statement, both the victim and Rahmatullah used to work in the same garment factory in the upazila and had engaged in a romantic relationship.

However, Rahmatullah raped the girl multiple times, promising to marry her.

On August 14, he did the same and then stopped all communications with her, the case statement said.

Azizul Haque Hawlader, officer-in-charge of Araihazar Police Station, said police were trying to arrest the accused and the victim has been sent to hospital for medical tests.

(Our correspondents from Cox's Bazar and Narayanganj contributed to the report.)