Rab official lands in jail over rape of woman

A Nilphamari court yesterday sent a Rab official to jail on charges of raping a woman in the district.

Mahabir Banarjee, 32, sub-inspector at Rab-11 in Narayanganj, was sued on Thursday.

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According to the case statement, Mahabir, a former sub-inspector of Nilphamari's Domar Police Station, raped a housewife in Nilphamari on Wednesday night.

Around a year ago, the woman had filed a general diary against her husband over a family feud with Domar Police Station. Mahabir, then a sub-inspector at that police station, was assigned to investigate the complaint.

During the investigation, Mahabir developed friendship with the woman. Even after his posting with Narayanganj Rab, he continued to communicate with her, read the case statement.

On Wednesday night, he came to the woman's house and raped her. Sensing the incident, her relatives and neighbours detained Mahabir and handed him over to police on Thursday morning, said Masum Ahmed, chairman of Domar Upazila Parishad.

The case was filed Thursday afternoon.

Mahamudunnabi, officer-in-charge of Domar Police Station, said the accused was produced before the court after the victim filed the case.