Gang rape in Bangladesh comes to light after viral video

DHAKA: A brutal gang rape of a house wife that took place in Bangladesh's Noakhali district last month, has come to light now after a video of the incident went viral on social media. After the video went viral on Sunday night, at least four people have been arrested.

While two of the accused were arrested by the police on Sunday night, two others were taken in by a team of the elite Rapid Action Battalion on Monday morning.

According to the victim's statement at least five people were involved in the gang rape took place on September 2 at the Joykrishnapur village is Begumganjupazila.

She said that the accused had been making advances towards her and when she refused they entered her house at night and raped her.

Locals have alleged that notorious drug trader Delwar, the chief of 'DelwarBahini', and six of his followers were involved in the crime. It was also learned that other cases, including murder, were filed against some of them previously.

MoazzemHossain from Noakhali'sEklashpurupazila, said: "The woman got married 3 years ago. She moved to her father's house after her husband remarried. Recently, her husband started to meet her again, the local boys used bad languages to her for this.

"Some youths objected to the matter and raped the woman that day. The woman was with her husband on the day of the incident. The perpetrators also detained her husband. Later, the woman's brother rescued her with 1,500 tk."

The police said that the accused had filmed the incident with the intent of spreading it on Facebook. (IANS)

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