One more arrested over torture on Noakhali woman

Police have arrested another accused Raju, over the disturbing video recording of stripping and torturing a woman in Noakhali's Ekhlaspur Union.

"Raju was arrested from Dhaka's Shahbagh area around 2pm on Monday," according to police sources, Officer-in-Charge of Begumganj Model police station, Harunur Rashid Chowdhury confirmed the matter to The Business Standard.

So far, six people, including the prime accused Badal have been arrested.

Besides, Moazzem Hossain alias Sohag, 42, a member of ward 9 of Eklashpur Union Parishad in Noakhali's Begumganj, was arrested over the incident.

The incident happened on September 2 during the woman's visit to her husband. According to the case statement, the accused entered the house and beat up her husband that night. They took him to the adjacent room and tied him up.

Four arrested over assault on Noakhali woman

They then tortured the victim and assaulted her after stripping her naked. They filmed the incident on their mobile phones. At one point, locals gathered around the house hearing the victim's cries for help. After threatening to kill her if she spoke about the incident, the accused left.

The victim, fearing for her life, fled from her home and has been living elsewhere since that time. The alleged perpetrators however, contacted her on the phone and threatened to release the recorded video of the incident on social media if she did not return to her home and agree to their proposals.

"They released the video on social media on October 4," the housewife said in the statement.

The video went viral and sparked public outrage on social media. Subsequently, police located her and took her into safe custody.