Five arrested over raping two ethnic girls in Mymensingh

Five men have been arrested in a case filed over raping two ethnic girls at Haluaghat upazila in Mymensingh, reports UNB.

The arrestees are Shorif Mia,20, from Katolmari village, Mizanur Rahman,22, and , Abdul Hamid, 19, from Katabari village, Mia Hossain,20, and Rukon Mia,21, of Kochuakura village in the upazila.

Of them, Abdul Mia was arrested as a suspect while others were accused in the case filed by the victims, said police. Md Ahmar Uzzaman, district superintendent of police, said two teams of detective branch arrested the five people from different districts on Friday night.

On 27 December, some men picked up the two ethnic girls while they were returning to their home after attending a wedding progrmame at night.

They took them to a forest at Katabari village and raped them. On 30 December, a rape case was filed at Haluaghat police station accusing 10 people.