Housewife gang-raped, three held
A housewife was allegedly gang-raped in Karnaphuli upazila in Chittagong district early yesterday, police said. Three men were arrested in this connection.
The detainees are Md Imran, 30; Md Shahjahan 32, and Kowsar Halim Munna, 18, said Deputy Commissioner (DC) (Port) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Syed Abu Sayem.
According to the case statement, at 2:00am yesterday the victim aged around 40, left her home in Charlaksha area in the upazila, following an altercation with her husband.
Soon after, she was spotted on the street by four youths, who dragged her to an isolated place and gang-raped her, said the DC.
The victim then returned home and told her husband about the incident.
Her husband filed a case in the morning with Karnaphuli Police Station accusing the four youths.
Police conducted drives and arrested three out of the four accused, the DC said, adding, another accused Nurul Amin, 27, is absconding.
Meanwhile, the victim has been sent to One Stop Crisis Centre at Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
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