1 arrested over raping woman after tying her up in Cumilla home
The victim filed a complaint yesterday
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Twenty-four year old Imam Hossain was arrested over the rape of a woman in Cumilla's Nangalkot.
He was arrested during a raid and sent to Cumilla jail through a court on this (19 April) noon, Nangalkot Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) AK Fazlul Haque.
What happened
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- Victim, 22, claims three people broke into her house with locally-made weapons on 17 April
- They looted money and gold ornaments
- They tied her up and one of the men, wearing a mask, raped her
- She was at home with her two daughters and elderly mother-in-law, who woke up and screamed for help, prompting locals to rush to the spot
- Her husband, who works as a driver, was not home at the time
- After raping her, they also cut her hair
Who are the accused
- The victim filed a complaint yesterday
- She identified one of the assailants as Imam Hossain, a local who had a long-standing rivalry with the family and had threatened her with rape before
- Police operations to arrest the others are underway
