Female UP member ‘gang-raped’ in Faridpur

A female member of reserved seat of Buraich Union Parishad in Alphadanga upazila in Faridpur district has allegedly been gang-raped in Boalmari upazila of the district, reports news agency UNB.

Police arrested Mahabub Alam, 30, son of a certain Abdul Hoque of South Karmargram in Boalmari municipality in connection with the crime.

The rape survivor aged 35 years is a resident of Faliya village of the union.

Sources said the UP member went to Amritanagar of Gunboha union under Boalmari upazila Sunday afternoon for visiting her relative.

While returning home she got puzzled due to darkness at Bouttala of Gunboha union and asked some youths who were sitting there to help find the right path.

In the name of showing the road, they took her to an isolated place, raped her by turns and then fled. Later, locals rescued her.

Abul Wahab, officer-in-charge (OC) of Boalmari police station said that the female UP member logged a complaint with the police station Monday morning and police registered a case.

The victim was sent to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College in Faridpur for medical test, he said.

Suman Kar, assistant commissioner (Madhukhali-Boalkhai ciricle) of Faridpur district police said drives are on to arrest the other accused in the case.