Upazila BCL secy arrested over rape case

A leader of pro-Awami League student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has been arrested for allegedly raping a 12-th grader in Chandpur’s Shahrasti upazila.

Local people handed over Sohel Hossain, 32,general secretary of Shahrasti unit BCL, to the police on Tuesday night.

He was sent to jail on Wednesday.

Locals said, Sohel has been violating the girl physically for a long time promising to marry her. The girl’s father on Tuesday night filed a case in Shahrasti police station accusing Sohel and another one named Jakaria Hossain, 35.

Sohel went to the girl’s house and pressurised her family to withdraw the case on Tuesday night.

The locals then nabbed Sohel and handed him over the police.

Shahrasti police officer-in-charge Md Shah Alam said Sohel was sent to jail following a court order and the girl was sent to Chandpur sadar Hospital for medical tests.

The police are conducting drive to arrest the other accused, OC added.

Accused Sohel, however, denied the allegation and said he was victimised for political reason.

Upazila BCL president Imdadul Haque Milon could not be reached over phone.