Two arrested for ‘raping’ female worker

Police arrested two persons from Gutudia village in Dumuria upazila early Thursday in a case over raping a textile mill worker.

The arrestees are—Rezwan, 36, son of Abdul Karim and Arif, son of Mostafa Gazi—of the village.

A relative of the victim said that the woman, mother of four daughters, went to their on Monday for financial support as her mill was shut amid coronavirus fear. While she was returning to her house, the accused forcibly picked her up and raped.

Rafiq, sub-inspector of Dumuria police station, said that a team of police arrested the two after the victim filed the case.

The woman has been sent to the One Stop Crisis Centre of Khulna Medical College Hospital, he said.