Woman hired for at-home parlour service, gang-raped

Three youths raped a woman after she was hired to provide at-home parlour services at a house in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area last night, family members of the victim said.

The woman runs an online beauty parlour service and lives in Hazaribagh with her husband, an online shoe seller.

The victim got a call yesterday from a woman requesting her parlour services at a house in Dhanmondi-28, a family member of the victim told reporters at a hospital.

A youth met the victim at Dhanmondi-28 around 8:00pm yesterday and took her to a flat on the first floor of a building, where three youths raped her in front of another girl, the one believed have called the victim.

The rapists then asked her to leave the house and threatened to kill her.

The victim left the house and went to Savar, where her husband went to visit a friend, and fell ill there.

The woman was later admitted to a hospital.

No case has been filed in this connection yet.

Monsur Ahmed, a sub-inspector of Dhanmondi Police Station, said they came to know about a gang rape and talked to the victim and her relatives.

The victim could not say the exact location of the building, he said adding police will visit the spot after filing a case in this regard.