17-year-old gang-raped at Kamalapur station; 5 arrested

Police have arrested five people on charges of raping a 17-year-old girl in a bogie of a train in the capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station.

Confirming the incident, Ferdous Ahmed Biswas, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhaka Railway Police Station (Kamalapur), said the victim filed a rape case against six people early today (October 8, 2022).

Five people have been arrested so far in this connection. They are Sumon (21), Nayeem (25), Nazmul (25), Anwar (20), and Roman Prakash Kalu (22).

Another accused named Imran (20) is absconding. Efforts are on to arrest him, the OC said.

Quoting the case statement, Sub-Inspector (SI) Riaz Mahmud of the same police station, said that the girlis from Bahatra upazila of Netrakona. After an argument with her family, she left home and went to Kamalapur station last night travelling on Haor Express train.

As she was unsure of where to go, she sat on the platform where Imran, who sells water at the station, advised the girl to sleep on a bogie of Turag Community Local Train.

Also,Imran asked her to mention his name in case of emergency.

Imran and his five accomplices later gang-raped her inside the compartment around 1am.

When the group noticed a member of the Railway Security was passing by, they ran away in fear.

The security officer noticed the girl lying inside the bogie and informed the police, rescued the girllater.

He added that the five were arrested from the station area after the girl identified them.