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Garment factory worker raped in Narayanganj, 2 arrested
Miscreants have raped a garment factory worker after holding her husband and a relative hostage at Narayanganj’s Bandar Upazila.
Published : 24 April 2015, 02:37 PM
Updated : 24 April 2015, 02:39 PM
Police arrested two persons for their alleged link to the incident that occurred on Thursday night.
The arrestees are ‘Jewel’, 22, and ‘Ramzan’, 23, from Rupali Residential Area.
Bandar Police Station OC Nazrul Islam said the victim from Narayanganj city’s Khanpur area went to visit her aunt at Bandar Upazila’s Ekrampur area with her husband and a relative.
He said seven-eight miscreants, including Jewel and Ramzan, waylaid the three using sharp weapons in Kheyaghat area when they were returning around 9pm.
They took them to a nearby under-construction building.
They tied the victim’s husband and the relative who helplessly watched the victim being raped, OC Islam said.
Locals came to the spot hearing cry of the victim and rescued them.
The OC said another relative of the victim filed a case on Thursday night.
Police later arrested Jewel and Ramzan with the help of locals, he added.
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