NATORE, Apr 7: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-5) from the district arrested an absconding person accused in a gang-rape case in Godagari Upazila of Rajshahi.
Accused Md Mamun Ali, 25, was arrested from Kanaikhali Sheikh Russel Mini Stadium area in the district town on Friday.
Mamun is the son of Md Barek Hossain, of Tejndrapur Mollapara area under Godagari Upazila in Rajshahi.
RAB-5 in a press release said that on February 10 this year, a fifth grader child went to one Md Ejazul Huqs corn field to cut grass for her goats. At that time, one Saddam Hossain was also cutting grass. Saddam then forcibly grabbed the child and raped her there. After a while, Md Mamun Hossain saw it. Then Mamun and Saddam, in connivance with each other, raped the child forcibly several times. Later on, being the plaintiff, the victims mother filed a rape case with Godagari Model Police Station in Rajshahi. Following the case, the two accused went into hiding.
Then police forwarded the case to RAB-5 to arrest the accused. Later on, a team of RAB-5 from Natore Camp arrested Md Mamun Ali early Friday and handed him over to Godagari PS, the press release added.
