Housewife lured with promise of job ‘gang-raped’

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A housewife was allegedly gang-raped by seven people at Goailbari Machinepar in Ashulia of Savar early Tuesday, reports UNB.

Police arrested five people -- Zafar Kazi, 22, Nazmul Hossain, 20, Shahidul Islam, 44, Raham Ali, 20, and Amir Hossain, 31 -- for their alleged involvement in the incident.

Rizaul Haq Dipu, officer-in-charge of Ashulia police station, said seven people took the housewife to an abandoned house on Monday night promising to give her a good job. However, they raped her in turns throughout the night, he added.

Later, the victim lodged a complaint with Ashulia police station in this regard.

Following the complaint, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested five of the alleged rapists, the OC said, adding that the victim was sent to the one-stop crisis centre of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for medical test.